Bud (disambiguation)
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- Bud is a botanical term.
- Bud is a nickname for the United States beer called Budweiser, which is made by Anheuser-Busch.
- Bud can also refer specifically to the most potent part (the bud) of the plant in members of the genus Cannabis, a mildly psychedelic plant. Though not technically slang, this usage of the term is sometimes regarded as such, especially where it refers to marijuana in general. In this context, the plural is "bud" rather than "buds", and typically implies buds of female plants. Buds from the male plant are specified with "male bud".
- BUD is the IATA airport code for Budapest, Hungary's International Airport
- When not capitalized, bud is short for "buddy," a casual, non-committed social or sexual partner
- Bud also refers to Bud, Norway, a village in western Norway.
- In animation:
- Bud is the name of a human character in the Transformers: Cybertron cartoon series.
- Bud is the name of a character in the anime series Saint Seiya.
- A bud is a weaned calf in its first year, so called because the horns are then beginning to bud.