Meanings
verbdisbud (third-person singular simple present disbuds, present participle disbudding, simple past and past participle disbudded)
present singular third person disbuds · participle present disbudding · participle past disbudded · past disbudded
- agricultureTo remove buds from a plant in order to promote growth and health in the remaining buds.
- biologyTo remove horn-buds from a young calf, lamb or goat kid, to prevent growth of horns.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishbud
- Englishdisbud
Translations
Greek βλαστολογώ
- βλαστολογώ (vlastologó)horticulturally prune
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disbud
bloodfloodstudbudhudjuddsudruddspudthudcrudcuddudscudrudbludabloodcon crudkhudLumadm'lud'sbloodskudstød
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
disbud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disbud
MLA
“disbud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disbud. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disbud,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disbud.
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