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bud
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[ noun ] (botany) a partially opened flower
Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Three of these only were protected from us by stern commandment : the roses , whose petals might_not be collected until they had fallen , to be made into perfume or rose tea to drink ; the peonies , whose tight sticky buds would be blighted by the laying_on of_a finger , although they were not apparently harmed by the ants that crawled over them ; and the poppies . I have more_than once sat cross-legged in the grass through a long summer morning and watched without touching while a poppy bud higher than my head slowly but visibly pushed off its cap , unfolded , and shook out like a banner in the sun its flaming vermilion petals . Pale yellow snapdragons that by pinching could be made to bite ; seed-pods of the balsams that snapped like fire-crackers at a touch ; red and yellow columbines whose round tipped spurs were picked_off and eaten for the honey in them ; morning-glory buds which could be so grasped and squeezed that they burst like a blown-up paper_bag ; bright flowers from the trumpet_vine that made `` gloves '' on the ends of ten waggling fingers . |
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[ noun ] (botany) a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals
Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Remove about half the branches from each plant , leaving only the strongest with the largest buds . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)Now the yard looked wet and bald , the trees bare under their buds , but in a while Miss_Ada 's flowers would bloom like a marching parade . Related terms |
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[ verb ] start to grow or develop
Examples "a budding friendship" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)In response to the lengthening days of February they budded , then bloomed their 4 - inch velvety flowers . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Man's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 951
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