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- adjective Resembling a
bud (newly formed leaf or flower, as yet unfolded).
Etymologies
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Examples
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A tall finial on the top with its budlike tip shines in the sun.
Slayed Amanda Marrone 2010
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The Golgi are budlike globular beauties of nature that package the neurotransmitters at their point of manufacture in the cell body and then, with the help of motor proteins, transport them and other essential molecules from within the cell body, down the axon, to the location of use near the cell membrane.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001
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The Golgi are budlike globular beauties of nature that package the neurotransmitters at their point of manufacture in the cell body and then, with the help of motor proteins, transport them and other essential molecules from within the cell body, down the axon, to the location of use near the cell membrane.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD GERALD L. SCHROEDER 2001
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He was wearing bright red cotton pajamas and was wrapped, budlike, in a pale green cotton blanket.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local The Denver Post 2010
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She had her father’s strong jaw, but her lips were budlike and soft.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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