About The Word Budding
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Budding
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What's The Definition Of Budding?
[n] reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
[adj] beginning to develop; "a budding genius" Synonyms | Synonyms for Budding: undeveloped Related Terms | Find terms related to Budding: abecedarian | aboriginal | antenatal | autochthonous | beginning | blooming | blossoming | burgeoning | callow | creative | crescent | developed | dewy | elemental | elementary | embryonic | fetal | florescent | flourishing | flowering | formative | foundational | full-fledged | full-grown | fully developed | fundamental | gestatory | green | growing | grown | grown-up | hypertrophied | immature | impubic | in embryo | in its infancy | in the bud | inaugural | inceptive | inchoate | inchoative | incipient | incunabular | inexperienced | infant | infantile | ingenuous | initial | initiative | initiatory | innocent | intact | introductory | inventive | juicy | mature | minor | naive | nascent | natal | new-fledged | original | overdeveloped | overgrown | parturient | postnatal | pregnant | prenatal | primal | primary | prime | primeval | primitive | primogenial | procreative | raw | ripening | rudimental | rudimentary | sappy | sprouting | tender | thriving | unadult | underage | undeveloped | unfledged | unformed | unlicked | unmellowed | unripe | unseasoned | ur | vernal | virginal See Also | agamogenesis | asexual reproduction Budding In Webster's Dictionary \Bud"ding\, n.
1. The act or process of producing buds.
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}.
3. The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon
another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.
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