bud.

Although they were not yet in bud. the bare trees outside Mr. Hinchley's window had a quickened, bloomy look like the expression on the face of somebody who has just had a good idea but has not yet put it into words; and the sky behind them was as clearly, flatly blue as the sky in an aunt's water-colour.

Mrs. Miniver 1939

Well, anyway, you've got through the ordeal, and now you're a full-fledged 'bud.'

The Jolliest School of All Angela Brazil 1907

Diane Eveleth's cultivation, Miss Dorothea Pruyn had become a "bud."

The Inner Shrine Basil King 1893

Certainly most Americans could not name the prime minister of Canada and BC is more frequently seen as a vacation destination or a source of illicit "bud."

Crosscut 2009

"Remember, my darling, to play Angélique as a 'bud.'

A Mummer's Tale Anatole France 1884