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bud
Pronunciation: (bud), [key]
—n., v., bud•ded, bud•ding.
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n.
1. Bot.
a. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage
(leaf bud), the rudimentary inflorescence
(flower bud), or both
(mixed bud).
b. an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
2. Zool.(in certain animals of low organization) a prominence that develops into a new individual, sometimes permanently attached to the parent and sometimes becoming detached; gemma.
3. Mycol.a small, rounded outgrowth produced from a fungus spore or cell by a process of asexual reproduction, eventually separating from the parent cell as a new individual: commonly produced by yeast and a few other fungi.
4. Anat.any small rounded part.
5. an immature or undeveloped person or thing.
6. in the bud, in an immature or undeveloped state:
a Shakespeare in the bud. Also,in bud.
7. nip in the bud, to stop (something) in the beginning of its development:
The rebellion was nipped in the bud.
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v.i.
1. to put forth or produce buds.
2. to begin to develop.
3. to be in an early stage of development.
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v.t.
1. to cause to bud.
2. Hort.to graft by inserting a single bud into the stock.
bud
Pronunciation: (bud), [key]—
n.
brother; buddy (used in informal address, as to one's brother or to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
Bud
Pronunciation: (bud), [key]—
n.
a male given name.
Also,Budd.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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- bud (Encyclopedia)
