budding

The definition of budding is something that is just starting to grow or show promise.

(adjective)

An example of something that would be described as budding is a plant that has just begun to grow branches and leaves.
An example of something that would be described as budding is the new career of a talented person who shows great promise in the field.

See budding in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a type of asexual reproduction in which a new individual or branch develops from an outgrowth on the body of a plant or certain lower animals

Origin: see bud,

See budding in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Being in an early developmental stage: a gallery with the works of budding artists.

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