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

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

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

From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various

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 they are wanted to bloom early in the fall keep well pinched back and disbudded during the summer which is the natural blooming season for all the best varieties.

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

As soon as the buds start, or when the most precocious has developed a shoot of a few inches in length, the vines should be disbudded.

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

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

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

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

When not occupied in disbudding fruit-trees, Bullfinches are most frequently observed in tall and thick hedges, either in small flocks as described above, or in pairs.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns

After this disbudding, the two shoots left will grow rapidly, as they receive all the energies of the root system.

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

Continue the usual operations of disbudding and thinning of fruit, and take care to keep up the proper temperatures.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

Attend to last week’s advice as to tying, disbudding, &c., and proceed with the thinning the fruit in the succession-house as soon as the berries are fairly set.

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

Half-hardy annual The older methods of growing Balsams prescribed a false system, comprising disbudding, stopping, and other interferences with the natural growth of the plant.

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