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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being gemmiparous; the faculty of reproducing by gemmation, as in polyps. The buds may separate from the parent and become distinct animals, or remain attached to it. See
gemmation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See
budding .
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- noun biology
reproduction bybudding ;gemmation
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