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verb
To remove buds from a plant in order to promote growth and health in the remaining buds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
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verb
To remove horn-buds from a young calf, lamb or goat kid, to prevent growth of horns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
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verb
destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dehorn
verb
thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English bud English disbud From dis- + bud.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
