budded

Definition of buddednext
past tense of bud
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Verb
  • Sloane has blossomed into one of the team’s most reliable pitchers.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • And a one-woman operation blossomed into a nonprofit that now serves more than 1,600 students with more than 30 different disabilities and is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
    Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • After the plant has bloomed and the stem has turned brown, cut it down to the basal leaves, and new flowers will appear.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • The mushrooms bloomed among a thick layer of something fuzzy and white and decidedly … gross.
    Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Trim after the plant has flowered to avoid removing the next season’s blooms.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • Glass vases with metallic finishes of unnatural blue, green and gold are drowned in palm leaf motifs, ready to be flowered.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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“Budded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/budded. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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