Budding
31budding bacteria — Group of bacteria that reproduce by budding. Each bacterium divides following unequal cell growth; the mother cell is retained, and a new daughter cell forms. In budding, the cell wall grows from one point on the cell rather than throughout the… …
32budding genius — See a budding genius …
33budding — n. [ME. budde, bud] 1. The asexual reproduction of a new individual as the result of an outgrowth or bud from the parent organism. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) see colony fission …
34budding — A vegetative outgrowth of yeast and some bacteria as a means of asexual reproduction; the daughter cell is smaller than the parent …
35budding — SYN: gemmation. * * * bud·ding (budґing) 1. a form of asexual reproduction in which a portion of the organism s body is thrust out and then becomes separated, forming a new individual. The larger part is considered the parent and the smaller one… …
36budding — Synonyms and related words: abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, blooming, blossoming, burgeoning, callow, creative, crescent, developed, dewy, elemental, elementary, embryonic, fetal, florescent, flourishing, flowering,… …
37budding — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. maturing, developing, growing, incipient, about to bloom, fresh, shooting up, burgeoning, opening, blossoming, bursting (forth), putting forth shoots, vegetating, beginning to grow or blossom or bloom, flowering, blooming …
38budding — n. sprouting, developing, bursting forth adj. sprouting; developing, beginning to develop bÊŒd n. sprout, shoot; guy, fellow (Slang) v. sprout, grow buds …
39budding — adjective beginning and showing signs of promise …
40budding — adjective Syn: promising, up and coming, rising, in the making, aspiring, future, fledgling, developing …
