a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals

any small budlike outgrowth

something small or immature

an asexually produced outgrowth in simple organisms, such as yeasts, and the hydra that develops into a new individual

(of plants and some animals) to produce buds

to begin to develop or grow

to graft (a bud) from one plant onto another, usually by insertion under the bark