10 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
verb thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
verb destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)
originEtymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English budding English disbudding From dis- + budding.
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