Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put forth buds or to propagate by buds, as a polyp.
- In botany, having buds; reproducing by buds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Having buds; reproducing by buds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany Having
buds ;reproducing by buds.
Etymologies
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Latin gemmatus, past participle of gemmare to put forth buds, from gemma bud.
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