flower bud

noun

: a plant bud that produces only a flower

Examples of flower bud in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Most viburnums flower on old wood, with flower buds produced the previous growing season. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2026

Remove any flower buds that develop to redirect the plant’s energy toward root growth. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 17 July 2026

Summer pruning will reduce the number of flowers next spring because azaleas start forming next year’s flower buds in mid-to-late summer. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 25 June 2026

Pinch flowers and flower buds off seedlings before planting seedlings. — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1703, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flower bud

• waterflood
• blood
• crud
• dud
• flood
• mud
• rud
• scud
• spud
• stud
• thud
• lifeblood