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Budding

//ˈbʌdiŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Beginning to develop. not-comparable

    "He's a budding deejay."

Adjective
  1. 1
    beginning to develop wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The development of buds on a plant. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent wordnet
  3. 3
    The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The result of this practice. countable, uncountable

    "Whatever the mode of origin, buddings from a particular bud-parent have been found to agree in habit and general characteristics, while all buddings develop similar features which distinguish them from seedling trees."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bud form-of, gerund, participle, present

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