°A newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded.
"After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds."
°(slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant.
"Want to smoke some bud?"
°To form buds.
"The trees are finally starting to bud."
°To reproduce by splitting off buds.
"Yeast reproduces by budding."