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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.
  • A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
  • A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.
  • informal Buddy.
  • slang Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant.

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Proper noun:

  • A male nickname.
  • informal A nickname for the beer Budweiser.

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Verb:

  • To form buds.
  • To reproduce by splitting off buds.

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