What does abud mean?
Abud means (rare) budding.
/əˈbʌd/ · adjective
(rare) budding.
[…] he began to whistle merrily, and in an instant the whole world about him was bright of hue and joyous again, and looking, he saw, to his amazement, that the bare branches were abud.
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Abud means (rare) budding.
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[…] he began to whistle merrily, and in an instant the whole world about him was bright of hue and joyous again, and looking, he saw, to his amazement, that the bare branches were abud.
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