disbud

American  

[dis-buhd] / dɪsˈbʌd /

verb (used with object)

Horticulture.

disbudded, disbudding

1. to remove leaf buds or shoots from (a plant) to produce a certain shape or effect.

2. to remove certain flower buds from (a plant) to improve the quality and size of the remaining flowers.

3. to dehorn (livestock) by removing the horn bud or preventing its further development.

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disbud British  

/ diːˈbʌd, dɪsˈbʌd /

verb

1. to remove superfluous buds, flowers, or shoots from (a plant, esp a fruit tree)

2. vet science to remove the horn buds of (calves, lambs, and kids) to prevent horns growing

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Etymology

Origin of disbud

First recorded in 1715–25; dis- ¹ + bud ¹

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Example Sentences

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disbud disbudded disbudding

And unlike most goat farmers, Putnam doesn’t disbud her goats when they’re young, so the herd comes crowned with the curved scimitars of their horns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2018

Camellias.—Look over them, and disbud where too many are set in a cluster.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by William Keane

If enormous blooms are wanted, disbud, leaving but one bud to each tip.

From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various

I pruned and disbudded the vines myself, and also crushed and pressed the grapes.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane

Abel Carrière, another dark maroon of fine form, and Queen of the bedders, producing carmine flowers so freely that it must be disbudded; it is subject to mildew.

From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle

The stock is then disbudded, taking both visible and adventitious buds, the latter indicated by woody enlargements, to keep down the number of suckers.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

If the stocks have been well disbudded by the nurseryman, few suckers will develop.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

In such cases they should be made to rest during the summer, by withholding water and keeping them disbudded.

From Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell

Remove large shoots cautiously, and reserve, in tying and disbudding, merely sufficient wood for next spring.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by William Keane

The old method of stopping and disbudding not only spoiled the plants, but robbed them of the finest flowers, which are invariably produced on the main stem.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

As growth develops commence disbudding promptly, regularly remove all laterals and tendrils, and tie each cordon to its supporting rod with raffia as often as may be necessary.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Exhibiting, 157. — arranging at the show, 159. — cutting the blooms, 158. — disbudding, 157. — rose boxes, 158-9. — rose tubes, 159. — shading, 158.

From Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley

In addition, disbudding may be practised with advantage in the spring, removing the majority of the blind shoots and any flowering or leading shoots that are misplaced or not required.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook

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