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Gemma :: Gemma (n.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud..

Meride :: Meride (n.) A permanent colony of cells or plastids which may remain isolated, like Rotifer, or may multiply by gemmation to form higher aggregates, termed zoides..

Blastogenesis :: Blastogenesis (n.) Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.

Prolification :: Prolification (n.) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae..

Fissigemmation :: Fissigemmation (n.) A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.

Proliferous :: Proliferous (a.) Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae..

Gemmiparity :: Gemmiparity (n.) Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding.

Gemmulation :: Gemmulation (n.) See Gemmation.

Gemmate :: Gemmate (a.) Having buds; reproducing by buds.

Cytogenesis :: Cytogenesis (n.) Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell..

Gemmation :: Gemmation (n.) The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding..

Gemmiparous :: Gemmiparous (a.) Producing buds; reproducing by buds. See Gemmation, 1..

Gemmary :: Gemmary (a.) Of or pertaining to gems.

Asexual :: Asexual (a.) Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation..

Gemmated :: Gemmated (a.) Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.

Gemmary :: Gemmary (n.) A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively..

Spermosphere :: Spermosphere (n.) A mass or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell (spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a spermatozoid; a spermatogemma..

Reproduce :: Reproduce (v. t.) To produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation..

Gemmule :: Gemmule (n.) A bud produced in generation by gemmation.

Budding :: Budding (n.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea..

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