2. The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc.
BUCOLIC Bu*col"ic, a. Etym: [L. bucolicus, Gr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
BUCOLIC
Bu*col"ic, n. Etym: [L. Bucolicôn poëma.]
Defn: A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden.
BUCOLICAL
Bu*col"ic*al, a.
Defn: Bucolic.
BUCRANIUM
Bu*cra"ni*um, n.; pl. L. Bucrania. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Defn: A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc.
BUD Bud, n. Etym: [OE. budde; cf. D. bot, G. butze, butz, the core of a fruit, bud, LG. butte in hagebutte, hainbutte, a hip of the dog-rose, or OF. boton, F. bouton, bud, button, OF. boter to bud, push; all akin to E. beat. See Button.]