bud

n. அரும்பு, மலர்மொக்கு, இளந்தளிர், முளை, இளங்கொத்து, போது, (வில.) முதிராக்கருமுளை, முன்னுயிர் உல்ற்கூறுபாட்டின் விளைவான புத்துயிர், இளம்பைதல், (வினை) அரும்பு, தளிர்விடு, மொக்குவிடு, கிளை, மொட்டாய் எழு, அரும்பிலிருந்து வௌதப்படு, புதிதுபிற, வளரத்தொடங்கு, புதுவளர்ச்சி பெறு. (வில.) முன்னுயிர் உல்ற் கூறுபாட்டிற் பிரிந்து தனி உயிராய் உருவாகு.

Synonyms

Bud, n. Etym: [OE. budde; cf. D. bot, G. butze, butz, the core of a fruit, bud, LG. butte in hagebutte, hainbutte, a hip of the dog-rose, or OF. boton, F. bouton, bud, button, OF. boter to bud, push; all akin to E. beat. See Button.] 1. (Bot.) Defn: A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower. 2. (Biol.) Defn: A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached. See Hydra. Bud moth (Zoöl.), a lepidopterous insect of several species, which destroys the buds of fruit trees; esp. Tmetocera ocellana and Eccopsis malana on the apple tree. Bud, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budded; p. pr. & vb. n. Budding.] 1. To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot. 2. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn. 3. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin. Shak. Syn. -- To sprout; germinate; blossom. Bud, v. t. Defn: To graft, as a plant with another or into another, by inserting a bud from the one into an opening in the bark of the other, in order to raise, upon the budded stock, fruit different from that which it would naturally bear. The apricot and the nectarine may be, and usually are, budded upon the peach; the plum and the peach are budded on each other. Farm. Dict.