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budding

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bud·ding  (bdng)
adj.
Being in an early developmental stage: a gallery with the works of budding artists.
budding
Adjective
beginning to develop or grow: a budding actor
budding  (bdng)
A form of asexual reproduction in living organisms in which new individuals form from outgrowths (buds) on the bodies of mature organisms. These outgrowths grow by means of mitotic cell division. Many simple multicellular animals such as hydras and unicellular organisms such as yeasts reproduce by budding.
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Noun1.budding - reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
agamogenesis, asexual reproduction - reproduction without the fusion of gametes
Adj.1.budding - beginning to develop; "a budding genius"
undeveloped - not developed; "courses in interior design were rare and undeveloped"; "undeveloped social awareness"
budding
adjective developing, beginning, growing, promising, potential, burgeoning, fledgling, embryonic
Translations
budding [ˈbʌdɪŋ] adj → en ciernes, en embrión
budding [ˈbʌdɪŋ] adj [flower] → en bouton; [poet etc] → en herbe; [passion etc] → naissant(e)
budding [ˈbʌdɪŋ] adj → angehend
budding [ˈbʌdɪŋ] adj [flower] → in boccio; [poet etc] → in erba


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The peasants say that a cold wind blows in late spring because the oaks are budding, and really every spring cold winds do blow when the oak is budding.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
"Human science can never be quite certain of things like that," said Father Brown, still looking at the red budding of the branches over his head, "if only because of the difficulty about definition and connotation.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
I know not why, but infinite compunctions embitter in mature life the remembrances of budding joy and cover every beloved name.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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