bud
/bʌd/
A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
Something that has begun to develop.
breast buds
A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
In this slide, you can see a yeast cell forming buds.
(usually uncountable) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the “bud”), or marijuana generally.
Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?
A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
(term of endearment) A pretty young girl.