bud

n. sprout, shoot; guy, fellow (Slang)

v. sprout, grow buds

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.The buds of many woody plants, especially in temperate or cold climates, are protected by a covering of modified leaves called scales which tightly enclose the more delicate parts of the bud. Many bud scales are covered by a gummy substance which serves as added protection. When the bud develops, the scales may enlarge somewhat but usually just drop off, leaving on the surface of the growing stem a series of horizontally-elongated scars. By means of these scars one can determine the age of any young branch, since each year's growth ends in the formation of a bud, the formation of which produces an additional group of bud scale scars. Continued growth of the branch causes these scars to be obliterated after a few years so that the total age of older branches cannot be determined by this means. In many plants scales are not formed over the bud, which is then called a naked bud. The minute underdeveloped leaves in such buds are often excessively hairy. Such naked buds are found in shrubs like the Sumac and Viburnums and in herbaceous plants. In many of the latter, buds are even more reduced, often consisting of undifferentiated masses of cells in the axils of leaves. A terminal bud occurs on the end of a stem and lateral buds are found on the side. A head of cabbage (see Brassica) is an exceptionally large terminal bud, while Brussels sprouts are large lateral buds.
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Bud is a botanical term referring to an undeveloped or embryonic shoot.Bud may also refer to:Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch), a global pale lager brandAnheuser-Busch, via its stock symbol "BUD"Bud, Norway, a village in western NorwayBud (Transformers), a character in the Transformers: Cybertron animated seriesBud (Saint Seiya), a character in the anime series Saint SeiyaBuds (album), a 1991 album by The StemsA slang term for Cannabis (drug) or marijuana.
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Noun
1. a partially opened flower
(hypernym) flower, bloom, blossom
(hyponym) rosebud
2. a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
(hypernym) sprout
(hyponym) leaf bud
Verb
1. develop buds; "The hibiscus is budding!"
(hypernym) develop
2. start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship"
(hypernym) begin, start

(v. t.)
To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit different from that which it would naturally bear.
  

(v. i.)
To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot.
  

(v. i.)
To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
  

(v. i.)
To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin.
  

(n.)
A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower.
  

(n.)
A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached. See Hydra.
  

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