budding

Noun · Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent

Adjective (1)

  1. beginning to develop“a budding genius”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bud \Bud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budded; p. pr. & vb. n. Budding.]

1.To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot. [1913 Webster]

2.To begin to grow, or to issue from a stock in the manner of a bud, as a horn. [1913 Webster]

3.To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To sprout; germinate; blossom. [1913 Webster]

Budding \Bud"ding\, n.

1.The act or process of producing buds. [1913 Webster]

2.(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. [1913 Webster]

3.The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark. [1913 Webster]

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