English dictionary
bud
/b/@/d/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a partially opened flower
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
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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.
Source: webster1913
verb
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develop buds
ExamplesThe hibiscus is budding!
Source: WordNet 3.0
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start to grow or develop
ExamplesA budding friendship.
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To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot.
Source: webster1913
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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.
Source: webster1913