Bud

Etymology 1
From budde: 'bud, seedpod', from  (compare Dutch bot: 'bud', German Hagebutte hip, rosehip', Butzen: 'seedpod', Swedish dialect bodd: 'head'), perhaps from.

Noun

 * 1) A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.
 * After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
 * 1)  Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the bud), or marijuana generally.
 * Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?
 * 1) 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.
 * 1) A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.

Synonyms

 * nug; see also Thesaurus:marijuana

Derived terms

 * redbud
 * taste bud

Verb

 * 1) To form buds.
 * The trees are finally starting to bud.
 * 1) To reproduce by splitting off buds.
 * Yeast reproduces by budding.

Noun

 * 1)  Buddy, friend.
 * I like to hang out with my buds on Saturday night.