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What (who) is Bud - definition
Buds (album)
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
BUD; Buds (album)
Buds is a 1991 compilation album released by Australian alternative rock group, The Stems, on Citadel Records.
bud
![Terminal, vegetative bud of ''[[Ficus carica]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ficus bud.JPG?width=200 "Terminal, vegetative bud of ''[[Ficus carica]]''")
![[[Inflorescence]] bud scales in ''[[Halesia carolina]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Halesia carolina, skubblare, Manie van der Schijff BT, a.jpg?width=200 "[[Inflorescence]] bud scales in ''[[Halesia carolina]]''")
![''[[Alnus glutinosa]]'' bud](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alnus glutinosa bud 2.jpg?width=200 "''[[Alnus glutinosa]]'' bud")
![Tilia]]'' bud](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tilia platyphallos bud.jpg?width=200 "Tilia]]'' bud")
![Black buds of a European ash, ''[[Fraxinus excelsior]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buds of Fraxinus excelsior 03.jpg?width=200 "Black buds of a European ash, ''[[Fraxinus excelsior]]''")
![An opening [[inflorescence]] bud at left, that will develop like the one to its right](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bud1web.jpg?width=200 "An opening [[inflorescence]] bud at left, that will develop like the one to its right")
![Inflorescence bud of a [[sunflower]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flower bud of Sunflower - Helianthus.JPG?width=200 "Inflorescence bud of a [[sunflower]]")
![A [[quince]]'s flower bud with spirally folded petals](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quince Blossom with removed watermark.jpg?width=200 "A [[quince]]'s flower bud with spirally folded petals")
![Opening ''[[Nelumbo]]'' flower bud](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus in bud stage (Image 7 of 7).jpg?width=200 "Opening ''[[Nelumbo]]'' flower bud")
![Opening ''[[Coreopsis tinctoria]]'' flower buds](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coreopsis tinctoria cultivar Uptick Cream and Red 8.JPG?width=200 "Opening ''[[Coreopsis tinctoria]]'' flower buds")
![''[[Vitis vinifera]]'' flower buds](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vitis vinifera - bud0.jpg?width=200 "''[[Vitis vinifera]]'' flower buds")
![''[[Diospyros eriantha]]'' bud](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/烏材（軟毛柿）Diospyros eriantha 20210331093242 04.jpg?width=200 "''[[Diospyros eriantha]]'' bud")
UNMATURED AND EMBRYONIC SHOOT
Terminal bud; Terminal budding; Lateral budding; Buds; Plant bud; Bud (flower); Flowerbud; Flower bud; Shoot tips; Resting bud; Terminal buds; Basal bud; Bud scales; Eye (bud); Bud scale; Terminal shoot
bud1
¦ noun
1. a compact knob-like growth on a plant which develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
2. Biology an outgrowth from an organism that separates to form a new individual asexually.
3. Zoology a rudimentary leg or other appendage of an animal which has not yet grown, or never will grow, to full size.
¦ verb (buds, budding, budded) Biology form a bud.
?graft a bud of (a plant) on to another plant.
Origin
ME: of unknown origin.
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bud2
¦ noun N. Amer. informal another term for buddy.
bud
UNMATURED AND EMBRYONIC SHOOT
Terminal bud; Terminal budding; Lateral budding; Buds; Plant bud; Bud (flower); Flowerbud; Flower bud; Shoot tips; Resting bud; Terminal buds; Basal bud; Bud scales; Eye (bud); Bud scale; Terminal shoot
(buds, budding, budded)
1.
A bud is a small pointed lump that appears on a tree or plant and develops into a leaf or flower.
Rosanna's favourite time is early summer, just before the buds open.
N-COUNT
2.
When a tree or plant is budding, buds are appearing on it or are beginning to open.
The leaves were budding on the trees below.
VERB: usu cont, V
3.
4.
When a tree or plant is in bud or has come into bud, it has buds on it.
The flowers are bronzy in bud and bright yellow when open.
...almond trees that should come into bud soon.
PHRASE
5.
If you nip something such as bad behaviour in the bud, you stop it before it can develop very far. (INFORMAL)
It is important to recognize jealousy and to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.
PHRASE: V inflects
Examples of use of Bud
1. Where is he?" inquired Travis Henry, sipping a Bud Light.
2. George "Bud" Day, who later shared a cell with McCain.
3. A few minutes after they landed, the "Lounge" –– which offered a military special, Bud or Bud Light for $3 a bottle –– had a long line outside.
4. Bud Day, a fellow Vietnam prisoner of war, and Sen.
5. The social–democratic alternative was nipped in the bud.