'Gemmation' definitions:
Definition of 'gemmation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual [syn: pullulation, gemmation]
Definition of 'Gemmation'
From: GCIDE
- Gemmation \Gem*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. gemmation.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud. [1913 Webster]