In botany, a bu is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of the stem. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately.

Trivia about bud

  • When followed by "Light", it comes from Anheuser-Busch
  • You're "wiser" if you know it's a small pointed structure on a stem that grows into a flower or a leaf
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the monitor.) Buy your roses when they're closed or in this stage & you'll have much more time to enjoy them
  • Where things are nipped in, or Lou's partner
  • Cort or Collyer