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budding

bud·ding [ búdding ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
promising: beginning to show a particular talent
a budding actor



noun 
Definition:
 
1. botany development of buds: the formation and growth of buds on a plant stem

2. gardening grafting of bud: artificial propagation, especially of woody plants, by grafting a bud from one variety onto the stem of another

3. zoology asexual reproduction: a form of asexual reproduction in which an outgrowth of the parent becomes constricted and eventually separates to form a new individual, as occurs in invertebrates and yeasts

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