burgeoning
adjective

- growing, expanding, or developing rapidly

- rapidly developing or growing; flourishing

Merriam-Webster / Collins English Dictionary

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WORD ORIGIN

From the verb “burgeon” (early 14th century), meaning "grow, sprout, blossom”, from Old French borjon "a bud, shoot, pimple", from Late Latin burra, “wool, fluff”, presumably from the down (Flaumfedern) covering certain buds.

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BURGEONING BAMBOO

When discussions arise about bamboo, they often revolve around its remarkable growth speed and wide-ranging versatility. Interestingly, there are approximately 1,500 distinctive species of bamboo, each displaying unique traits and characteristics. Some are slim, delicate, and decorative, while others are large, spiky, and industrial in nature. However, there's a particular species that deserves special mention – the Moso Bamboo or Phyllostachys edulis.

Originally from China and Taiwan, Phyllostachys edulis is a prominent timber bamboo species which is pivotal in the production of many commodities such as flooring, textiles, and construction materials.

Under optimal conditions, Moso Bamboo can grow up to by three feet daily (1.5 inches an hour), reaching an impressive height of 100 feet. The species' scientific name, Phyllostachys edulis, translates to 'edible bamboo'.

About 1,000 years ago, during the Song Dynasty in China, the poet Lei Zhang wrote “Enjoying Bamboo Shoot” in which he described the rapid growth of Moso bamboo after a spring rain:

"Rich showers of springtime, quenching the thirst of arid slopes, coaxing bamboo shoots from their slumber, urging them towards the heavens.”

The rapid growth of Moso bamboo has become an important subject for scientific research to understand the mechanism of growth acceleration.

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SYNONYMS

abloom, advancing, blooming, blossoming, booming, budding, BURGEONING (like mushrooms after rain, like wildflowers in spring), climbing, developing, efflorescent, emerging, evolving, expanding, flourishing, germinating, growing, growing like wildfire, increasing, in full swing, in the ascendant, in the making, in the process, infant, just starting, leaping ahead, maturing, mushrooming, on the rise, opening up, picking up steam, proliferating, prospering, quickening, ramping up, rising, shooting up, shooting like a rocket (like stars in the sky), snowballing, sprouting, starting to bloom (to blossom), surging, taking off, thriving, up-and-coming, unfolding, unfurling, upping, waxing

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“Over-40-year-olds are a BURGEONING demographic group,… in Germany they number over 37 million citizens.”

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