gemmation

9.9

A way some simple animals or plants make a new living thing by growing a small bud

noun
/ˌdʒɛmˈeɪʃən/

Specialized

: gemación

Many species of hydra reproduce through gemmation, where small buds form and develop into new organisms.

Examples

The yeast cells divided by gemmation, each new cell budding off from the parent cell.
In some types of corals, gemmation allows for the rapid increase of the population through budding.
Abe explained that they produced new individuals asexually, by gemmation or budding.

Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

budding

vsgemmation

Specialized

17 6.9

A way some simple living things make a new individual from a small growth on the parent

is the general type where a bud forms and becomes a new individual

blastogenesis

vsgemmation

Specialized

9.9

A way animals or simple organisms make new ones by growing a small bud that becomes separate

is the broader scientific name for the same bud formation across organisms

pullulation

vsgemmation

Archaic

9.9

A way simple organisms make a new individual by forming a small growth on the parent

is limited to growth that forms a bud on the parent's outer surface

Surface Forms

gemmation singular

gemmations plural

Morphology

gemmation = gemma (opaque) = gemm + ation

This is a learned biological term built on the specialized sense of 'gemma' ('bud'), which is not obvious to most learners.

Etymology

Gemmation comes from the Latin word gemma, which means 'bud' and also 'jewel', so picture a tiny 'bud' like a little jewel growing on the parent. That's why gemmation means making a new living thing by forming a bud that grows into a separate individual.