a bud is a form of:

Bud



noun
1.
(a leaf or flower not fully open, a projection from which branch or leaf cluster or flower develops, debutante, an immature person or thing) flower bud ផ្កាក្រពុំ, នោប, បាច់ផ្កា, tree bud ត្រួយពន្លក, ខ្ដៀង, taste bud ពកល្អិតៗលើអណ្ដាត
  • nip in the bud
    - បញ្ឈប់, រារាំង
  • nip it in the bud
    - ធ្វើកុំឱ្យវាប៉ិចទាន់
    - កាត់ស្លាបកែវ, ប៉ិចឡើង, ក្ដិចពន្លកចោល
  • taste bud
    - បិណ្ឌិកា, កន្ទួលតូចៗនៅលើអណ្ដាត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached.
verb
1.
(INTRANSITIVE) To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) 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.