Budling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small, young, or immature bud.

    "When, with the entire population of 389 trees, budling size was correlated with total five-year yield of fruit per tree in the eight-year-old orchard, the coefficient was +0.517 ± 0.025; and with variants removed this was reduced to - 0.233 ± 0.034."

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"When, with the entire population of 389 trees, budling size was correlated with total five-year yield of fruit per tree in the eight-year-old orchard, the coefficient was +0.517 ± 0.025; and with variants removed this was reduced to - 0.233 ± 0.034."

Etymology

From bud + -ling.

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