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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers;

2. destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disbud \Dis*bud"\, v. t. [See Bud, v.] (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disbud v 1: thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers 2: destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)