bot bud
1bud — (n.) late 14c., budde, origin unknown, perhaps from O.Fr. boter push forward, thrust, itself a Germanic word (Cf. Du. bot bud, O.S. budil bag, purse, Ger. Beutel), or from O.E. budd beetle. The verb is c.1400 …
2Bud — (b[u^]d), 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 …
3Bud moth — Bud Bud (b[u^]d), 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.… …
4bot|o|née — bot|o|né or bot|o|née «BOT uh nay», adjective. Heraldry. having an ornament of three knobs or other parts, resembling a trefoil. ╂[< Old French botoné < botoner to bud] …
5bot|o|né — or bot|o|née «BOT uh nay», adjective. Heraldry. having an ornament of three knobs or other parts, resembling a trefoil. ╂[< Old French botoné < botoner to bud] …
6bud scale — bud′ scale n. bot scale I, 3), a) • Etymology: 1875–80 …
7bud — I [[t]bʌd[/t]] n. v. bud•ded, bud•ding 1) bot any of the small terminal bulges on a plant stem, from which leaves or flowers develop 2) a state of putting forth buds: roses in bud[/ex] 3) a partially opened flower or leaf 4) zool. a prominence… …
8bud — bud1 budder, n. budless, adj. budlike, adj. /bud/, n., v., budded, budding. n. 1. Bot. a. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud), the rudimentary inflorescence …
9bud — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a an immature knoblike shoot from which a stem, leaf, or flower develops. b a flower or leaf that is not fully open. 2 Biol. an asexual outgrowth from a parent organism that separates to form a new individual. 3 anything still… …
10axillary bud — Bot. a bud that is borne at the axil of a leaf and is capable of developing into a branch shoot or flower cluster. Also called lateral bud. See illus. under axil. * * * …
