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budding

budding

17 6.9
A way some simple living things make a new individual from a small growth on the parent
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌdɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : gemación
  • In the laboratory, scientists observe budding in yeast cultures to study their reproductive processes.
  • budding yeast

I'm going to say that angry white men have started to reproduce asexually and budding budding with pseudopod.

Examples

  • When the seasons turned, the man and his wife admired the budding leaves and the blossoms as the trees grew.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The groups become training grounds for budding pastors and missionaries, an alternative education for rural young people.

    Academic text (1999)

  • An understanding of the cheetah's behavior and its method of hunting can often help budding photographers capture stunning action shots.

    Academic text (2009)

  • I'm certain that as we speak here today, that somewhere in this country, a budding Leonardo Da Vinci is gearing up for the challenge.

    The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)

  • The dog next door growled as Jack explored the yard and its budding irises and lilac bushes.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Budding in yeasts typically occurs when a small outgrowth or bud forms on the parent cell.

  • The yeast reproduces through budding, where a new cell grows directly from the parent cell.

Synonyms

gemmation
vsbudding
  • Specialized
9.9

A way some simple animals or plants make a new living thing by growing a small bud

is the same process but common in certain unicellular organisms
blastogenesis
vsbudding
  • Specialized
9.9

A way animals or simple organisms make new ones by growing a small bud that becomes separate

is defined more generally, not limited to lower organism groups

Surface Forms

budding singular
buddings plural

Morphology

budding = bud (transparent) = bud + ing

The noun is a direct nominalization of the verb 'bud' with '-ing' indicating the process; the biological meaning is the literal sense of producing a bud.

Etymology

Budding comes from the word bud, which means 'a small growth on a plant'. In nature a bud can grow into a new leaf, flower or even another individual, so budding is used for the way some organisms make a new organism from a little outgrowth.