Question

What is plant bud?

Answer 1

Hint: Buds are the part of the plant which develops into a leaf, shoot or flower. Meristem tissue gives rise to buds. It is the part of the plant which is not yet mature or fully developed.

Complete answer:
Plant buds, such as those found on flowers, trees, and scrubs, are small, rounded, dormant sections of a plant that contain cells capable of rapid cell division when the conditions are favourable for growth.
Plant buds occur in the spring as sap begins to flow, causing the buds to enlarge and become more visible. The plant produces these buds in late summer and early fall, but they remain small in the winter.

When spring arrives, the arrangements for new shoots and flower growth are already in place, tightly packed and ready for rapid growth as the days grow longer and the temperatures increase. These plant buds' fragile, immature structures are protected by tough protective scales made from modified leaves, which enable the tender structures to survive the winter in a resting condition.

Plant buds can be categorised in two ways: by their position on the plant or by the type of tiny immature structures the plant buds contain. Terminal buds are those that grow at the tip of stems, lateral buds are those that form at the sides of stems, and axillary buds are those that form at the angle the leaf creates with the plant stem.

Note: Buds form a bump on a plant's stem. Buds are commonly used to identify plants, particularly woody plants in the winter once the leaves have fallen. Flower buds are leaves which have been modified.