bud

bʌd

noun

a compact growth on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot.

sprout,shoot,flowerlet,floret,plumule,burgeon

verb

(of a plant or animal) form a bud.

new blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed

sprout,shoot,form/develop buds,send out shoots,germinate,burgeon,swell,vegetate,mature,pullulate