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bud fission (medicine)


bud fission -->
gemmation


1. <biology> The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.

2. <botany> The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud.

Origin: Cf. F. Gemmation.

Source: Websters Dictionary