Definition of disbud in English:
disbud
verbdisbudded, disbuds, disbudding dɪsˈbʌddɪsˈbəd
[with object]1Remove superfluous or unwanted buds from (a plant).
Example sentencesExamples
- If you're interested in displaying roses for competition or just producing a nice specimen for the dinner table, try disbudding a few of your roses.
- Every family in the village has some land with tea plants, and generations of the villagers are involved in making tea by disbudding leaves and stirring them in big pans.
- Dormant cuttings are saved for bench grafting, stored in the cold; after soaking in fungicide solution, rootstock cuttings are disbudded and scion cuttings are cut into one-node pieces.
- Violets that are being repotted should be disbudded.
- If only about 60 percent of the better stems are staked with canes and the other lateral shoots removed through disbudding, the plant forms bigger, and more showy flowers.
- 1.1Farming Remove the horn buds from (a young animal).
Example sentencesExamples
- A good time to disbud your kid is when he or she is 3 to 7 days old. The animal's potential for healing will be good at this time.
- The majority of Pygora breeders do disbud their animals at an early age for their own convenience.
- The code of recommendations for the welfare of livestock says only a trained and competent stock-keeper should perform disbudding and ideally a vet should do it.
- The use of naturally polled breeds avoids the need to disbud animals.
- We do not routinely disbud animals other than wethers, so if you would like to purchase a disbudded kid, make sure to let us know so it can be done early.