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any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
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bud variation
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bud variation — noun 1. : marked deviation from the normal in the development of a plant shoot from a bud see bud mutation 2. : a product of bud variation : a shoot or clone originating from a single bud unlike other buds of the parent plant see bud sport, bud… … Useful english dictionary
bud sport — noun : a product of bud mutation or bud variation a red flowered branch on a white flowering plant is a typical bud sport compare bud variety * * * a sport resulting from a bud mutation or bud variation. [1895 1900] … Useful english dictionary
bud mutation — noun : bud variation resulting from local genetic alteration and producing a permanent modification that usually can be perpetuated by grafting the navel orange is a notable product of bud mutation * * * a variation produced by a genetic… … Useful english dictionary
bud variety — noun : a strain or variety of plant originating by bud variation : a clonal bud variation compare bud sport … Useful english dictionary
bud sport — a sport resulting from a bud mutation or bud variation. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations. * * * … Universalium
Darwin from Orchids to Variation — The life and work of Charles Darwin from the publication of Orchids to the publication of Variation during the years between 1860 and 1868 continued with Darwin carrying out his research and experimentation on evolution as he worked sporadically… … Wikipedia
sport — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, to divert, disport, short for disporten Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. a. to amuse oneself ; frolic < lambs sporting in the meadow > b. to engage in a sport … New Collegiate Dictionary
Graft-chimaera — In horticulture, a graft chimaera may arise in grafting at the point of contact between rootstock and scion and will have properties intermediate to those of its parents . A graft chimaera is not a true hybrid but a mixture of cells, each with… … Wikipedia
nectarine — /nek teuh reen , nek teuh reen /, n. a variety or mutation of peach having a smooth, downless skin. [1610 20; NECTAR + INE1] * * * Smooth skinned peach (Prunus persica ‘nectarina ), grown throughout warmer temperate regions. They result when some … Universalium
