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- verb
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- to grow rapidly, to flourish [Princeton Review]
- (of a plant) put out leaves; sprout [Barron]
- to grow and expand rapidly; flourish [Taisha]
- grow forth; send out buds [Smirnov]
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- Wiktionary:
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- WordNet:
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- MSN Encarta:
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- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
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