budlike
Like emerging growth
Budlike describes something resembling a bud—the small, rounded growth on a plant before it opens into a leaf or flower.
The word applies to shapes that are compact, swollen, and ready to unfurl: budlike formations on the stem, Her lips were small and budlike.
New plant emergence
- shootDischarge or capture
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
- germinateBegin plant development
- emergingComing into view
unfurling · swelling · forming · developing · nascent · incipient · dormant · awakening
Having no sharp angles
- compactTightly packed together
- ovoidResembling an egg's form
- teardropSingle unit of crying
- bulbousSwollen and round
knoblike · nodular · globular · swollen · protuberant · nubby · plump · clustered
Commitment to act
- latentPresent but inactive
- embryonicAt earliest developmental stage
- nascentBeginning to develop
- inchoatePartially formed, undeveloped
unrealized · emergent · undeveloped · immature · unripe · fledgling · early-stage · precursor
sprout
New plant emergence
emerging · unfurling · swelling · forming · developing · nascent · incipient · dormant · awakening · sprouting
rounded
Having no sharp angles
bulbous · knoblike · nodular · globular · swollen · protuberant · nubby · plump · clustered · enclosed
promise
Commitment to act
inchoate · unrealized · emergent · undeveloped · immature · unripe · fledgling · early-stage · precursor · preliminary
petal
Bloom's colorful segment
anther · filament · stamen · pistil · ovary · bract · node · axil · meristem · primordium