disbud (English, verb)
expansion: disbud (third-person singular simple present disbuds, present participle disbudding, simple past and past participle disbudded)
Senses:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To remove buds from a plant in order to promote growth and health in the remaining buds.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: To remove horn-buds from a young calf, lamb or goat kid, to prevent growth of horns.
Forms:
form: disbuds
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disbudding
tags: participle
present
form: disbudded
tags: participle
past
form: disbudded
tags: past