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FLOWER BUD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bud from which only a flower or flowers develop
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flower bud" is a kind of...):
bud (a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals)
Meronyms (parts of "flower bud"):
aestivation; estivation ((botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flower bud"):
clove (aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice)
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