budding

• Like a black rose budding, an ebony fist grew atop his stump, formed of black shadows. —  Witch Fire.htm
• Yeast mostly reproduce with budding, which is when a bud or protrusion, which is the daughter cell made by the parent cell. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
• At one point Sasha, dressed in a pink coat and orange scarf, jokingly pretended her hands were binoculars to scan the huge crowd, while Malia - already known as the budding photographer of the family - recorded the day for the family album on her camera. —  Hellomagazine.com - Celebrity news headlines
• Could Tosi's move be further evidence of the coming decline of traditional investment banks and the ascendancy of the increasingly hybrid Blackstone, which many describe as a budding investment bank disguised as a buyout shop? —  Dealbreaker
• Grafting is more convenient than budding, as grafts can be sent from a great distance; whereas buds must be taken in July or August, from a shoot of the present year's growth, and cannot be sent to any great distance Illustration: Fig. —  A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

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