Definitions for: Bud


[n] a partially opened flower
[n] a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
[v] start to grow or develop; "a budding friendship"
[v] develop buds, of plants; "The hibiscus is budding!"



Webster (1913) Definition: Bud, n. [OE. budde; cf. D. bot, G. butze, butz, the core
of a fruit, bud, LG. butte in hagebutte, hainbutte, a hip of
the dog-rose, or OF. boton, F. bouton, bud, button, OF. boter
to bud, push; all akin to E. beat. See Button.]
1. (Bot.) A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a
plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers,
or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower.

2. (Biol.) A small protuberance on certain low forms of
animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism,
either free or attached. See Hydra.

Bud moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect of several
species, which destroys the buds of fruit trees; esp.
Tmetocera ocellana and Eccopsis malana on the apple
tree.


Bud, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Budding.]
1. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a
bud does, into a flower or shoot.

2. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner
of a bud, as a horn.

3. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or
growth and promise; as, a budding virgin. --Shak.

Syn: To sprout; germinate; blossom.


Bud, v. t.
To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by
inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of
the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit
different from that which it would naturally bear.

The apricot and the nectarine may be, and usually are,
budded upon the peach; the plum and the peach are
budded on each other. --Farm. Dict.

See Also: begin, bloom, blossom, develop, flower, flower bud, leaf bud, mixed bud, rosebud, sprout, start

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