budding Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
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verb develop buds
bud.
- The hibiscus is budding!
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verb start to grow or develop
bud.
- a budding friendship
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adjective satellite beginning to develop
- a budding genius
WordNet
Bud"ding noun
Definitions
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The act or process of producing buds. -
(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 . -
The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.
