flower bud
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- noun
- /ˈflaʊər bəd/
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capullo
- If you prune these plants in the fall, you will remove many of these flower buds, leaving fewer flowers to display.
- developing flower buds
Examples
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"When seedlings are about 3 to 6 months old," notes Fitch, "they show flower buds that reveal the kind of flowers the trees will soon bear."
Academic text (2004) -
After weeks of care, I finally noticed the first flower buds forming on my rosebush.
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Then we began to look at when and where it first becomes active in the developing flower bud.
Academic text (2002) -
I know every bee, plant and flower bud in this park.
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Another storm has passed us by, and the flower buds begin to open.
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There are flower buds just starting to appear in the long grass at the side of the road.
Fiction book (1998) -
And there's a whole bunch of flower buds right here as well.
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Its delicate flower buds, which form underground, are eaten in salads.
Blog text (6) -
Growers can check the flower buds and then chop down any trees that won't form perfect flowers.
Academic text (2004) -
Plants such as Forsythia, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Pieris, etc. form their flower buds during summer for the following blooming spring.
Blog text (16)
Synonyms
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A small bump on a plant that will grow into a leaf or flower
How Blooming
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bud from which a flower will develop' is directly derivable from combining 'flower' (the reproductive part) and 'bud' (a swelling that forms a leaf or flower); the compound simply specifies the type of bud. This noun-noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and concrete, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun flower bud comes from the simple image of a small, closed bud on a plant that holds a young flower ready to open. Because this part makes flowers and not leaves, it means 'a bud that will develop into a flower'.