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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