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GEMMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gemmation mean?
• GEMMATION (noun)
The noun GEMMATION has 1 sense:
1. asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
Familiarity information: GEMMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
gemmation; pullulation
Hypernyms ("gemmation" is a kind of...):
agamogenesis; asexual reproduction (reproduction without the fusion of gametes)
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