bud (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[bud 词源字典]
c. 1400; see bud (n.). Related: Budded; budding. [bud etymology, bud origin, 英语词源]
germination (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c., from Latin germinationem (nominative germinatio) "a sprouting forth, budding," noun of action from past participle stem of germinare "to sprout, put forth shoots," from germen (genitive germinis) "a sprout or bud" (see germ).
inoculation (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
mid-15c. in horticulture; 1714 in pathology, from Latin inoculationem (nominative inoculatio) "an engrafting, budding," noun of action from past participle stem of inoculare (see inoculate).
Met (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1879 as colloquial shortening of Metropolitan (n.) "member of the New York Metropolitan Base-Ball Club."
THE baseball season has opened, and along with the twittering of the birds, the budding of the trees, and the clattering of the truck, comes the news that the "Mets were beaten yesterday 17 to 5." It is an infallible sign of spring when the Mets are beaten 17 to 5, and we invariably put on our thinner clothing when we read that refreshing, though perennial news in the papers. ["Life," May 12, 1887]
Used variously to abbreviate other proper names beginning with Metropolitan, such as "Metropolitan Museum of Art" (N.Y.), by 1919; "Metropolitan Railway" (stock), by 1890; "Metropolitan Opera Company (N.Y.), by 1922. Related: Mets.
zooidyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"An animal arising from another by budding or division, especially each of the individuals which make up a colonial organism and typically have different forms and functions", Mid 19th century: from zoo- 'relating to animals' + -oid.