bud

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bud2

▶noun N. Amer. informal another term for buddy.