Budding

['bʌdɪŋ]

解释:

(noun.) reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent.

(adj.) beginning to develop; 'a budding genius' .

道格拉斯校对--From WordNet

解释:

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bud

(n.) The act or process of producing buds.

(n.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea.

(n.) The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.

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