budding

adj
/ˈbʌdiŋ/

Definitions

  1. Beginning to develop.

    • He's a budding deejay.
    • Council's tip shops in Acacia Ridge and Geebung are treasure troves for everyone from budding home stylists to outdoor enthusiasts.
  2. The development of buds on a plant.

  3. The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. The result of this practice.

      • 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.
    2. present participle and gerund of bud

The neighborhood

Derived

disbudding

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for budding. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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