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Webster 1913 Edition
Budding
Bud′ding
,Noun.
1.
The act or process of producing buds.
2.
(Biol.)
A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See
Hydroidea
. 3.
The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.
Webster 1828 Edition
Budding
BUD'DING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
budding
budding
English
Adjective
budding (not comparable)
- That is beginning to develop.
- He's a budding deejay.
Translations
Translations
Noun
budding (plural buddings)
- (horticulture) The result of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark.
- 1956, Rubber Journal (volume 131, page 232)
- Whatever the mode of origin, buddings from a particular bud-parent have been found to agree in habit and general characteristics, while all buddings develop similar features which distinguish them from seedling trees.
- 1956, Rubber Journal (volume 131, page 232)
Verb
budding
- present participle of bud