Bud

1. n. A small protuberance on certain low forms of animals and vegetables which develops into a new organism, either free or attached. See Hydra.
2. n. 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.
3. v. i. To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
4. v. i. To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.