bud
1. bud \'b*d\ n [ME budde; akin to OE budda beetle, Skt bhu-ri abundant m
more at BIG 1: a small lateral or terminal protuberance on the stem of a
plant that is an undeveloped shoot 2: something not yet mature or at full
development : as 2a: an incompletely opened flower 2b: YOUTH 2c: an
outgrowth of an organism that differentiates into a new individual ::
GEMMA; also : PRIMORDIUM
2. bud vb or bud.ded; or bud.ding of a plant 1a: to set buds 1b: to
commence growth from buds 2: to be or develop like a bud 3: to reproduce
asexually esp. by the pinching off of a small part of the parent 1: to
produce or develop from or as if from buds 2: to cause (as a plant) to bud
3: to insert a bud from a plant of one kind into an opening in the bark of
(a plant of another kind) usu. in order to propagate a desired variety -
bud.der n