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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
burgeon /ˈbəːdʒ(ə)n/

▶verb (often as adj. burgeoning) grow or increase rapidly.

– origin ME: from OFr. bourgeonner ‘put out buds’, from borjon ‘bud’, based on late L. burra ‘wool’.

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