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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Gemmation

· Gem·ma·tion · IPA
01 n. The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gem…
  1. 1.
    The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.(Biol.) See: Budding
  2. 2.
    The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud.(Bot.)