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bud1

Syllabification: (bud)
Pronunciation: /bəd/
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Definition of bud

noun

  • a compact knoblike growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
  • Biology an outgrowth from an organism (e.g., a yeast cell) that separates to form a new individual without sexual reproduction taking place.
  • [with modifier] Zoology (of an animal) a rudimentary leg or other appendage that has not yet grown, or never will grow, to full size.

verb (buds, budding, budded)

[no object] Biology
  • (of a plant or animal) form a bud:new blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed [with object]:tapeworms bud off egg-bearing sections from their tail end
  • [with object] graft a bud of (a plant) onto another plant.

Phrases

in bud

(of a plant) having newly formed buds.

Origin:

late Middle English: of unknown origin

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