BURGEON

burgeon

(verb) grow and flourish; “The burgeoning administration”; “The burgeoning population”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

burgeon (plural burgeons)

(obsolete) A bud, sprout, shoot.

Verb

burgeon (third-person singular simple present burgeons, present participle burgeoning, simple past and past participle burgeoned)

(intransitive) To grow or expand.

Synonyms: blossom, expand, grow, sprout

(intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting.

(intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.

Synonyms: blossom, bud, green, sprout

Source: Wiktionary


Bur"geon, v. i.

Definition: To bud. See Bourgeon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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