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noun

Budding n.

The act or process of producing buds.

(Biol.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea.

The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.

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Etymology of 'Budding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Budding" Quotes from Famous Books

... the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth. The green and budding twigs may represent existing species; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all the growing twigs have tried to branch out on all sides, and to overtop and kill the surrounding twigs and branches, ...

— On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection • Charles Darwin

... of thing is not necessarily servile imitation—it is only admiration tipped to t' other side. It is found everywhere in aspiring youth and in every budding artist. ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters • Elbert Hubbard

... has crushed to earth Full many a budding flower, Which, had a smile but owned its birth, Would bless life's ...

— Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul • Various

... she see the light of the golden sunshine—never again see the green, waving grass and the budding flowerets—never see the blue sky, with its fleecy clouds, or the heavens at night blazing with the soft, pale light of the twinkling stars—never again look upon a human face. But while her life lasted she would grope ...

— Pretty Madcap Dorothy - How She Won a Lover • Laura Jean Libbey

... the first budding and ripening of the young corn that the harvest mouse tasted the true joy of living. In the hedgerow it had been mere existence; for there had been no real scope for his tail. The grasping portion of it could only encircle ...

— "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" - Studies of Animal life and Character • Douglas English

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