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Definition of Disbuds
1. disbud [v] - See also: disbud
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disbuds
Literary usage of Disbuds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chrysanthemum, Its History, Culture, Classification, and Nomenclature by Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1885)
"If, for the sake of argument, we assume that one cultivator disbuds his plants
in August, and another one disbuds at a considerably later period, ..."
2. A Treatise on the science and practice of midwifery by William Smoult Playfair, Robert P. Harris (1889)
"As the head disbuds it experiences a movement of rotation, (lie occiput passing
tin-ward and to the right behind the pubic arch, the face turning backward ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1860)
"In the following year, be disbuds the lateral branches to the extent of one half;
and in the future management In; practises winter disbudding greatly in ..."
4. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1843)
"... if too weak for his purpose, and then he disbuds the middle portion, leaving
only three or four buds near the top to form the future head. ..."
5. Garden Colour: Spring, by Mrs. C.W. Earle ; Summer, by E.V.B. ; Autumn, by by Margaret H. Waterfield (1907)
"A loving hand disbuds the Rose lest it should bloom itself to death. I once saw
a long pergola, leading on to the blue beyond, covered with yellow Roses of ..."
6. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by William Robinson (1903)
"... yellow, with a bronzy red shading; amina yet unnamed seedlings were very
promising. Mi Shawyer disbuds and gets from six to nine . blooms on a plant. ..."
7. The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and by Charles McIntosh (1839)
"In the following year he disbuds the lateral branches to the extent of one-half ;
and in the future management he practises winter disbudding greatly, ..."
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