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

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 Keane, William

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

From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various

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 Hedrick, U. P.

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 Macfarlane, J.

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 Hedrick, U. P.

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 Biddle, Violet Purton

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

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

Continue to remove the stray laterals that begin to shade the larger leaves; to be done a little at a time, as disbudding on an extensive scale is prejudicial to fruit trees.

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 Keane, William

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

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 Kingsley, Rose Georgina

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

At the tying up of the reserved shoots, all new shoots which have developed since the first disbudding should be removed.

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