Meanings
verbbourgeon (third-person singular simple present bourgeons, present participle bourgeoning, simple past and past participle bourgeoned)
present singular third person bourgeons · participle present bourgeoning · participle past bourgeoned · past bourgeoned
- obsoleteObsolete form of burgeon.
gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow
1810, Walter Scott, “(please specify the canto number or page)”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number)
Synonyms & antonyms
verbproduce buds, branches, or germinate
Broader
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APA
bourgeon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourgeon
MLA
“bourgeon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourgeon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bourgeon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourgeon.
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