leaf bud

1. 1.

   a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop

   Broaderbud

   Partsvernation

Questions about leaf bud

What does leaf bud mean?

leaf bud means "a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop".

Is leaf bud a common word?

leaf bud is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.