Budburst

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The emergence of new leaves on a plant at the beginning of each growing season

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"An example of citizen science is a project called Project BudBurst. Over the past six growing seasons, Project BudBurst has used thousands of volunteer observers. They record when local plants develop their leaves, flowers and fruit. The observations go into a huge database. Then plant scientists can study the data to look for changes over time. Project director Sandra Henderson says participatory science like this is an idea that is growing quickly."

Etymology

From bud + burst.

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