[toastybiz]

You need to read the grow guides and other sticky posts at the top of this forum and the other forums here at GC (there is one just for outdoor growing, for example). You need to educate yourself more about the fundamentals. All those posts are there precisely because these forums can't be clogged with the same rudimentary questions over and over again.

Buds are flowers, that's what "buds" literally refers to. You get rid of the males because they will pollinate the females and cause seedy bud (unless you want seeds for future planting, but even then you are better off selectively pollinating some female buds by hand rather than letting the whole plant get pollinated). You trim the fan leaves at the end and can toss them or make hash or canabutter out of them.