1. Thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers
   "The gardener disbudded the rose bush to encourage larger blooms"
    
2. Destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle)
   "The veterinarian disbudded the young calves to prevent horn growth"

Derived forms: disbudded, disbudding, disbuds

Type of: clip, crop, cut back, dehorn, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim