noun1. a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
2. a. a partially opened flower
b. (in combination)
rosebud
3. any small budlike outgrowth
taste buds
4. something small or immature
5. an asexually produced outgrowth in simple organisms, such as yeasts, and the hydra that develops into a new individual
6. a slang word for marijuana
7. in bud
8. nip in the bud
verbWord forms: buds, budding or budded9. (intransitive) (of plants and some animals) to produce buds
10. (intransitive) to begin to develop or grow
11. (transitive) horticulture to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark
Word origin
C14
budde, of Germanic origin; compare Icelandic
budda purse, Dutch
buidel