disbud

• Verbo que denota la acción de eliminar brotes o yemas de una planta para promover su crecimiento o forma deseada, o de extirpar los esbozos de cuernos en animales jóvenes.

A verb used to indicate the act of removing buds from a plant to promote growth or shape, or to remove horn buds from young animals.

1. Thin out budsC1formal

   To remove some buds from a plant to improve the quality of the remaining flowers or fruit.

   Aclarar brotes o yemas

   • The gardener disbudded the rose bush to encourage larger blooms.
   • They disbud the chrysanthemums to get exhibition-quality flowers.
   • Disbudding fruit trees helps produce bigger and sweeter fruit.

2. Remove horn budsC1formal

   To destroy or remove the undeveloped horn buds of young cattle to prevent horn growth.

   Descornar (terneros)

   • The farmer disbudded the calves to prevent them from injuring each other.
   • Disbudding is usually done when the calf is very young.
   • Proper disbudding reduces the risk of injury in the herd.

   Sinónimosdehorn