Definition of "gemmation" []

• Asexual reproduction via gemmae (noun)

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• "In addition to these buds containing germinal elements alone, there is another which illustrates the process of "gemmation" -- i.e. the direct out-growth of a fully formed offspring.]"
• "Machinery Hall has illustrated, from its earliest days, the process of development by gemmation."
• "Stravadium has very minute stipules, the habit and gemmation is that of"