big bud

noun

1

: any of several diseases of plants characterized by abnormal swelling of the buds: such as

a

: such a condition in currants caused by a gall mite (Eriophyes ribis)

b

: a virus disease of the tomato

2

or less commonly big-bud hickory : mockernut

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