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Webster 1913 Edition


Gemmation

Gem-ma′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
gemmation
.]
1.
(Biol.)
The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See
Budding
.
2.
(Bot.)
The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gemmation

GEMMA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. gemmatio, from gemma.]
In botany, budding; the state, form or construction of the bud of plants, of the leaves, stipules, petioles or scales.

Definition 2024


gemmation

gemmation

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gemmation (countable and uncountable, plural gemmations)

  1. (biology) asexual reproduction via gemmae

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