FLOWER BUD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A bud from which only a flower or flowers develop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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