Buds are undeveloped shoots and flowers. Buds are classified terminal or lateral. Another term for terminal is apical. Terminal buds can be identified by their location at the tip of a stem. Lateral buds are located at the sides of the stem. Flower buds are normally larger than VEGETATIVE buds. Cabbage and head lettuce are examples of very large terminal buds. Brussels sprouts are edible lateral buds. Broccoli is an example of edible flower buds. A remaining type of bud, ADVENTITIOUS (ad-ven-TISH-us), forms at any other location. Adventitious buds may form on the internode of the stem, at the edge of a leaf or at the cut on a stem or root. Stem and leaf cuttings can develop adventitious buds which also send down roots to form a complete new plant..