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ear bud

noun

Etymology

From ear (“a fruiting body of grain”) + bud.

  1. derived from *bʰew-✻
  2. inherited from *buzdǭ✻
  3. inherited from *buʀdā✻
  4. inherited from *budde✻
  5. inherited from budde
  6. formed as ear bud — “ear + bud”

Definitions

  1. An immature ear of maize from which the threadlike silks emerge.

  2. An underdeveloped mammalian ear.

  3. A cotton swab.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative form of earbud.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA