GEMMATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual

Synonyms:

gemmation; pullulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("gemmation" is a kind of...):

agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)

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