disbud Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
  2. verb destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)

WordNet


Dis*bud" transitive verb
Etymology
See Bud, v.
Definitions
  1. (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

Webster 1913