bud
noun
[ bʌd ]
• a compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
• cannabis.
• "I found him outside, smoking some bud"
bud
verb
• (of a plant or animal) form a bud.
• "new blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed"
Similar:
sprout,
shoot,
form/develop buds,
send out shoots,
germinate,
burgeon,
swell,
vegetate,
mature,
pullulate,
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
bud
noun
• a friendly form of address from one boy or man to another.
• "I'll tell you what, bud"
Origin:
mid 19th century: abbreviation of buddy.
in bud
• (of a plant) having newly formed buds.
• "pale pink flowers which are of deeper colour in bud"
