budbreak

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noun

The emergence of a bud, especially on a vine

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounbudbreak (countable and uncountable, plural budbreaks)

plural budbreaks

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe emergence of a bud, especially on a vine

    This group of pecan arthropods can cause damage to foliage from shortly after budbreak until about the time of pollination.

    1983, Thomas E. Mittler, Annual Review of Entomology, page 305
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