budding vs withered

budding

adj
  • Beginning to develop. 

noun
  • The practice of uniting a single scion bud with rootstock or bark 

  • The result of this practice. 

withered

adj
  • Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water. 

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