bud: signification et définitions

Botany A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped shoot, leaf, or flower.

Botany The stage or condition of having buds: branches in full bud.

Biology An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual.

Biology A small, rounded organic part, such as a taste bud, that resembles a plant bud.

One that is not yet fully developed: the bud of a new idea.

To put forth or produce buds: a plant that buds in early spring.

To develop or grow from or as if from a bud: "listened sympathetically for a moment, a bemused smile budding forth” ( Washington Post).

To be in an undeveloped stage or condition.

To reproduce asexually by forming a bud.

To cause to put forth buds.

To graft a bud onto (a plant).

Informal Friend; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Move along, bud.