Both Uses of
flourish
in
Treasure Island
- Very close around the stockade—too close for defence, they said—the wood still flourished high and dense, all of fir on the land side, but towards the sea with a large admixture of live-oaks.†
Chpt 19 *
- It had been a great vessel of three masts but had lain so long exposed to the injuries of the weather that it was hung about with great webs of dripping seaweed, and on the deck of it shore bushes had taken root and now flourished thick with flowers.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(flourish as in: the business is flourishing) to thrive (grow or develop well)