flower bud
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flower bud
n.
A bud that will develop into a flower.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() aestivation, estivation - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens clove - aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice bud - a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals |
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