bud sport

American  

noun

1. a sport resulting from a bud mutation or bud variation.

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bud sport British  

noun

1. horticulture a shoot, inflorescence, etc, that differs from another such structure on a plant and is caused by a somatic mutation; the differences can be retained by vegetative propagation

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Etymology

Origin of bud sport

First recorded in 1895–1900

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