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Yes, bud is playable

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"Bud" Definition

noun

Biology A small, rounded organic part, such as a taste bud, that resembles a plant bud.
Biology An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual.
Botany A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped shoot, leaf, or flower.
Botany The stage or condition of having buds: branches in full bud.
Informal Friend; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Move along, bud.

verb-intransitive

To be in an undeveloped stage or condition.
To develop or grow from or as if from a bud: "listened sympathetically for a moment, a bemused smile budding forth” ( Washington Post).
To put forth or produce buds: a plant that buds in early spring.
To reproduce asexually by forming a bud.

verb-transitive

To cause to put forth buds.
To graft a bud onto (a plant).

verb

To set or put forth buds.
To commence growth from buds.
To grow or develop from or as if from a bud.
To reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent.
To produce or develop from buds.

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