buds

Noun

bud (countable and uncountable, plural buds)

1. A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
   • After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.

   Synonyms:

   budset

2. (figuratively) Something that has begun to develop.
   • breast buds
3. 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.
4. (Australia, Canada, US, plural-normally, slang, usually) Cannabis that has been taken from the flowering part of the plant intended to be smoked.
   • You got any buds?

   Synonyms:

   nug, marijuana, bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof

5. (Australia, Canada, US, slang, uncountable, usually) Marijuana.
   • Hey bro, want to smoke some bud?

   Synonyms:

   nug, marijuana, bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof

6. A weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.

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