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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plant cultural practices
  3. thinning (plants)
  4. deblossoming

Preferred term

deblossoming

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The practice of removing flowers from plants. Deblossoming is done on fruit trees in order to increase the size and quality of the fruit crop.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • blossom thinning
  • deflowering
  • flower removal
  • flower thinning

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/123840

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