- grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"
- In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of the stem. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately.
- bud, sprout, shoot; To grow or expand; To swell to the point of bursting; Of plants, to bloom, bud
- to grow and flourish; to begin to blossom.