1.Botanya. A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped shoot, leaf, or flower. b. The stage or condition of having buds: branches in full bud.2.Biologya. An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual. b. A small, rounded organic part, such as a taste bud, that resembles a plant bud. 3. One that is not yet fully developed: the bud of a new idea.
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Inflected forms: bud·ded, bud·ding, buds
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To put forth or produce buds: a plant that buds in early spring.2. To develop or grow from or as if from a bud: “listened sympathetically for a moment, a bemused smile budding forth” (Washington Post). 3. To be in an undeveloped stage or condition. 4. To reproduce asexually by forming a bud.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To cause to put forth buds. 2. To graft a bud onto (a plant).
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