flower bud

English Thesaurus

1. a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bud,
definition	:	a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	clove,
definition	:	aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	aestivation, estivation,
definition	:	(botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens (noun.group)