🐄 To remove horn buds 🌱 To remove flower buds

to disbud

8.9

To remove some flower buds from a plant so the remaining flowers grow larger

verb
/dɪsˈbʌd/

Specialized

: desbudar

It is important to disbud chrysanthemum plants early in the growing season.

Examples

To encourage larger roses, gardeners often disbud the weaker side shoots.
She spent the afternoon carefully disbudding her dahlias to ensure a beautiful display.
You should disbud the roses for better blooms.
The gardener disbudded the plants yesterday.
To encourage larger blooms, gardeners often disbud their flowering plants in early spring.
If you want to improve the quality of your roses, it's best to disbud the small buds and leave the strongest ones.
For better yields, make sure to disbud the extra shoots from the main stem of the tomato plant.

Synonyms

to pinch

vsto disbud

5 6.1

Cut off the tip of a plant shoot to make it grow more branches

reduces number of flowers to make remaining ones larger and higher quality

to deadhead

vsto disbud

Specialized

2 6.1

To remove dead flowers from a plant to help it make more blooms

reduces number of flowers before they open to enlarge remaining blooms

Antonyms

to bud

11 1.0

To start to grow as a new shoot on a plant

Surface Forms

disbud infinitive

disbudded past

disbudded past participle

disbudding present participle

disbuds third person singular

Morphology

disbud = bud (semi-transparent) = dis + bud

The meaning is fairly clear as 'remove buds from', but the privative use of 'dis-' is not among the most obvious or productive patterns for many learners.

Etymology

Disbud comes from the parts dis- 'remove' and bud 'small growth'. So, to disbud a plant is to remove some buds so the remaining flowers can grow larger.