budding
Pronunciation:
/ˈbʌdiŋ/verb
Definitions
To form buds.
Example: The trees are finally starting to bud.
To reproduce by splitting off buds.
Example: Yeast reproduces by budding.
To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn.
To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise.
noun
Definitions
The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark; the result of this practice.
adjective
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Beginning to develop.