MDBG Mobile Chinese English Dictionary (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone)

抽	chōu	to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash
新颖	xīn yǐng	lit. new bud / fig. new and original
芽	yá	bud / sprout
萌芽	méng yá	(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / sprout; bud / (also used figuratively)
封顶	fēng dǐng	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
萌发	méng fā	to sprout / to shoot / to bud
发芽	fā yá	(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
幼苗	yòu miáo	young sprout / bud / sapling / seedling
蕾	lěi	bud
蓓蕾	bèi lěi	flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up
花苞	huā bāo	flower bud
防微杜渐	fáng wēi dù jiàn	to nip in the bud (idiom)
苞	bāo	bud / flower calyx / luxuriant / profuse
杜渐防萌	dù jiān fáng méng	to nip in the bud
花骨朵	huā gǔ duo	(coll.) flower bud
含苞待放	hán bāo dài fàng	in bud / budding
花蕾	huā lěi	bud / flower bud
胚芽	pēi yá	bud / sprout / germ
味蕾	wèi lěi	taste bud(s)
出苗	chū miáo	to sprout / to come out (of seedling) / to bud