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GEMMATION
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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)