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LEAF BUD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leaf bud" is a kind of...):
bud (a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals)
Meronyms (parts of "leaf bud"):
vernation ((botany) the arrangement of young leaves in a leaf bud before it opens)