budwood

[buhd-wood]

Horticulture.

1. a shoot of a plant bearing buds suitable for bud grafting.

Word History and Origins

Origin of budwood¹

bud ¹ + wood ¹

Example Sentences

Though it is thought to have arrived on a budwood cutting, not a seed, a disease from Asia named citrus greening threatens the country’s entire citrus industry, valued at $3.35 billion annually.

From Washington Post

It showed up first in a Hacienda Heights backyard, on a pummelo branch derived from budwood that had been smuggled from China, where the disease is epidemic.

From Los Angeles Times

One common symptom in trees struck by rapid decline is dead tissue at the graft union, the part of the trunk where the fruit-bearing budwood of an apple variety is joined to hardy rootstock to create new trees.

From Science Magazine

She planted petit manseng the same year Horton did, using budwood provided by Virginia Tech.

From Washington Post

The Spokesman-Review newspaper reports that Phytelligence, which has a method of growing “budwood” from tissue cultures that enables them to reach maturity and bear fruit in less time, struck a “propagation agreement” with the university that allowed the company to cultivate the Cosmic Crisp for research purposes.

From Seattle Times