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gemmulation

gemmulation noun: the production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules.

Noun

gemmulation (countable and uncountable, plural gemmulations)

  1. The production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules
    • The actual formation of gemmule's by fresh-water sponges is so clearly an adaptation to seasonal climatic changes, that at first it was reasonable to believe that seasonal alternation itself induced the gemmulation.1978, Patricia R. Bergquist, Sponges

Forms of gemmulation

pluralgemmulations

Origin of gemmulation

From gemmule + -ation.

Questions about gemmulation

What does gemmulation mean?
Gemmulation means the production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules.
What part of speech is gemmulation?
Gemmulation is a noun.
What is the plural of gemmulation?
The plural of gemmulation is gemmulations.

Words near gemmulation in the dictionary

  1. gemmotherapy
  2. gemms
  3. gemmula
  4. gemmulae
  5. gemmular
  6. gemmulation
  7. gemmulations
  8. gemmule
  9. gemmules
  10. gemmuliferous
  11. gemmuliform

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