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- a compact knob-like growth on a plant which develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot芽, 叶芽; 花蕾。
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- Biology an outgrowth from an organism, e.g. a yeast cell, that separates to form a new individual without sexual reproduction taking place【生】芽体。
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- with modifier Zoology a rudimentary leg or other appendage of an animal which has not yet grown, or never will grow, to full size【动】退化的腿; 不发育（或已退化）的其他附器。
(budded, budding)no obj.
1- Biology (of a plant or animal) form a bud【生】（植物）发芽, 萌芽; （动物）生出芽体：
new blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed
新的血管从血管床生出
with obj. tape worms bud off egg-bearing sections from their tail end.蠕虫从它们的尾尖产下含卵的芽体。
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- with obj. graft a bud of (a plant) on to another plant为…进行芽接（把一种植物的芽嫁接到另一种植物上）。
短语
in bud
- (of a plant) having newly formed buds（植物）在发芽。
词源
late Middle English: of unknown origin.