bud

1. Biology A small, rounded organic part, such as a taste bud, that resembles a plant bud.

2. Biology An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual.

3. Botany A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped shoot, leaf, or flower.

4. Botany The stage or condition of having buds: branches in full bud.

5. Informal Friend; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Move along, bud.

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1. To set or put forth buds.

2. To commence growth from buds.

3. To grow or develop from or as if from a bud.

4. To reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent.

5. To produce or develop from buds.

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1. To be in an undeveloped stage or condition.

2. To develop or grow from or as if from a bud: "listened sympathetically for a moment, a bemused smile budding forth” ( Washington Post).

3. To put forth or produce buds: a plant that buds in early spring.

4. To reproduce asexually by forming a bud.

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1. To cause to put forth buds.

2. To graft a bud onto (a plant).

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bud	6	Scrabble

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bud	6
dub	6