gemmation noun. [dʒɛ'meɪʃ(ǝ)n] M18.
[French, from gemmer form buds, from gemme bud: see -ATION.]
1. Botany. The action of putting out buds. Also, the arrangement of buds on the stem, or of leaves within the bud. M18.

2. Zoology. The production of gemmae; the mode of asexual reproduction in which a small growth from the parent organism (detaches and) develops into a new individual; budding. M19.

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