gemmation

  • 11gemmation — A form of fission in which the parent cell does not divide, but puts out a small budlike process (daughter cell) with its proportionate amount of chromatin; the daughter cell then separates to begin independent existence. SYN: bud fission,… …

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  • 12gemmation — (jè mma sion) s. f. 1°   Terme de botanique. Développement des boutons dans les plantes vivaces.    Époque de leur épanouissement. 2°   Ensemble des bourgeons d un végétal.    Disposition générale des bourgeons. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. gemmationem, de …

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  • 13Gemmation — Gem|ma|ti|on die; <zu lat. gemmare »Knospen ansetzen, treiben« u. ↑...ation> das Ausschlagen der Knospen (Bot.) …

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  • 14gemmation — gem·ma·tion || dÊ’e meɪʃn n. sprouting, budding (Botany); reproduction by means of buds (Zoology) …

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  • 15gemmation — [dʒɛ meɪʃ(ə)n] noun Biology asexual reproduction by the production of gemmae; budding. Origin C18: from Fr., from gemmer to bud , from gemme bud , from L. gemma …

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  • 16gemmation — n. 1. (Zool.) Reproduction by buds. 2. (Bot.) Budding, germination, leaving out. 3. Time of budding, budding season …

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  • 17gemmation — gem·ma·tion …

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  • 18gemmation — /dʒɛˈmeɪʃən/ (say je mayshuhn) noun the process of reproduction by gemmae …

  • 19gemmation — n. reproduction by gemmae. Etymology: F f. gemmer to bud, gemme bud …

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  • 20Air cell — Cell Cell, n. [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. {Hall}.] 1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit. [1913 Webster] The heroic confessor in …

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