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Record 1 2000-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

The act of removing some buds from flower plants to encourage other buds of the same plant to form larger flowers.

CONT

A subject of interest to horticulturists and commercial growers is chemical disbudding; that is, disbudding achieved through the application of pruning agents, fatty acid derivatives emulsified with surfactants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

Suppression d'une partie des boutons floraux à l'aide d'un greffoir ou simplement d'un coup d'ongle.

CONT

Certains amateurs qui apprécient plus la beauté des fleurs que leur quantité procèdent parfois sur des hampes de pluriflores à l'éboutonnage, c'est-à-dire à la suppression de tout ou en partie des boutons secondaires.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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