gemmationn.
/dʒɛˈmeɪʃən/ 1. Botany (a) The action of budding. (b) The manner in which the young leaf is enfolded in the bud. (c) The time when leaf-buds are put forth. (d) The arrangement of buds on the stalk.
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the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] > budding
budding1398
knotting1611
proliferation1759
gemmation1760
prolification1760
pullulation1829
out-budding1841
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xv. 200 Gemmation is the Construction of the gem or Bud.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxi. 485 The gemmation, or various construction of the buds.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 413/1 Gemmation, budding-growth; or the disposition of buds.
2. Zoology. The process of reproduction by gemmæ or buds; the formation of a new individual by the protrusion and complete or partial separation of a part of the parent; budding.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [noun] > others
adosculation1682
autogeny?1818
gemmation1836
parthenogenesis1849
virgin production1849
rejuvenescence1853
agamogenesis1857
monogeny1857
autogenesis1858
homogenesis1858
proliferation1864
monogenesis1866
swarming1867
paedogenesis1870
monogony1873
virginal generation1879
division1880
monogenesy1890
parthenogeny1890
anisogamy1891
isogamy1891
paragamy1891
separation1891
paedogenesis1892
parthenism1892
heterogamy1894
thelytoky1895
flagellation1898
cytogamy1899
pseudogamy1900
tychoparthenogenesis1900
syngamy1904
pseudogamy1907
ectogenesis1909
paedogamy1910
apomixis1913
progenesis1934
agamospermy1939
mixis1944
somatogamy1949
decapitation-
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 142/1 The male has the appearance of a branch..sent off by gemmation.
1868 E. P. Wright Ocean World iv. 84 In the next group the gemmation takes a spiral bias, producing the nautilus shape.
1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 142 The natural process of reproduction in the sponge is effected by gemmation or budding off.
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