retoño — meaning in English

English meaning

• bud noun A small swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
• burgeon verb To grow or expand.
• shoot verb To fire a weapon, or to hit someone or something with a projectile from one.
• son noun A person's male child.
• sprout verb To begin growing, as a seed or plant does.

Senses

retoño is used for these senses in English:

• bud A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.
• burgeon (obsolete) A bud, sprout, or shoot.
• shoot The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
• son A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.
• sprout A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
• sprout (figurative) A child.

bud — full definition

1. noun A small swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
2. noun Something in an early stage of development.
3. noun Slang for marijuana, especially the dried flowering part of the cannabis plant.
4. verb To produce or begin developing buds, or to start growing in a similar early way.
5. noun An informal, friendly term of address for a man, similar to "buddy" or "pal."

burgeon — full definition

1. verb To grow or expand.
2. verb To swell to the point of bursting.
3. verb Of plants, to bloom, bud.

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