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Budding

Budding Meaning & Definition
Budding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Budding?

[n] reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent
[adj] beginning to develop; "a budding genius"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Budding: undeveloped

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See Also | agamogenesis | asexual reproduction

Budding In Webster's Dictionary

\Bud"ding\, n. 1. The act or process of producing buds. 2. (Biol.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See {Hydroidea}. 3. The act or process of ingrafting one kind of plant upon another stock by inserting a bud under the bark.

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