disbudv.
/dɪsˈbʌd/ transitive. To remove the buds of; to deprive of (superfluous) buds.
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disburgeon1601
unbud1669
disbud1727
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Disbudding Peaches, Apricocks, etc. are..disbudded, that the remaining Branches may be the better preserv'd.
1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 167 Disbud dog-rose stocks, leaving only those buds to shoot on which you intend to insert your bud.
1882 Garden 14 Jan. 28/2 To prevent our Cherries and Plums from being entirely disbudded we are obliged to use a considerable amount of powder and shot every year.
Derivatives
disˈbudding n.
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disburgeoning1601
disbudding1725
stopping1764
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Peach The disbudding or nipping..consists in taking away the useless Branches, and such as are found to be irregularly scituated.
a1735 Earl of Haddington Short Treat. Forest-trees 9 in J. G. Reid Scots Gardiner (1756) Such disbuddings and prunings as I have advised.
disˈbudder n. one who disbuds.
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1888 Wood Farmer's Friends & Foes 47 The bullfinch..acting the part of a pruner and disbudder.
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