budlet

noun

Etymology

From bud + -let.

  1. derived from *bʰew-
  2. inherited from *buzdǭ
  3. inherited from *buʀdā
  4. inherited from *budde
  5. inherited from budde
  6. suffixed as budlet — “bud + let

Definitions

  1. A smaller or secondary bud, usually growing from a parent bud.

    • We have a criterion to distinguish one bud from another, or the parent bud from the numerous budlets which are its offspring.
    • As zooid, bud and budlet development is closely coordinated, the stage of a colony during its blastogenetic cycle is univocally defined and expressed by a formula of three numbers separated by slashes

The neighborhood

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