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