# budding

Pronunciation: US say "BUD-ing" /ˈbʌdiŋ/; UK

## Adjective

1. At an early stage of development; just beginning to grow or take shape.
   - Simple: Just starting to grow or develop.
   - _The workshop is aimed at budding novelists who have yet to finish a first draft._
   - _Their budding friendship was tested when she moved across the country._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of bud. — present participle and gerund of bud
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of bud. Use it after "is" or "was", or as a name for the action.
   - _By late February the magnolias along the avenue were already budding._
   - _Yeast cells multiply by budding, each new cell pinching off from its parent._

## Noun

3. The process by which a plant develops buds.
   - Simple: The growing of new buds on a plant.
   - _A mild winter brought unusually early budding on the cherry trees._
   - _Heavy budding in the orchard this year promises a good apple harvest._
4. A method of grafting in which a single bud from one plant is joined to the rootstock or bark of another.
   - Simple: A way of joining one bud from a plant onto the roots or bark of another plant.
   - _Budding is usually done in late summer, when the bark lifts easily from the wood._
   - _Rose growers favor budding because one bud from a prized variety can start a whole new plant._
5. A plant produced by joining a single scion bud to a rootstock or to bark.
   - Simple: A plant that grows from a bud joined onto the roots or bark of another plant.
   - _Each budding in the trial plot was tagged with the number of its parent tree._
   - _The buddings from the best parent tree outgrew the seedlings planted beside them._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/budding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).