Mammals (class Mammalia /mÉËmeÉªli.É/ from Latin mamma breast) are a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles and birds by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones and mammary glands.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  burgeoning(Noun) the act of budding or sprouting. 2  burgeoning(Noun) a bud or branch. 3  burgeoning(Noun) a new growth or expansion of something.  burgeoning(Adjective) that buds, grows or expands; developing.
A burl is a woody lignotuber that commonly appears on a redwood tree below the soil line, though usually within 3 metres (10 ft) in depth from the soil surface. Burls are capable of sprouting into new trees when detached from the parent tree, though exactly how this happens is yet to be studied.