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flower bud

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flower bud
n.
A bud that will develop into a flower.
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Noun1.flower budflower bud - a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop
aestivation, estivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
clove - aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
bud - a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals


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It grieved him to think that his little Alice, who was a flower bud fresh from paradise, must open her leaves to the rough breezes of the world, or ever open them in any clime.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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