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gemmiparous, a.|dʒɛˈmɪpərəs|
[f. mod.L. gemmipar-us (f. gemmi-, gemma bud + L. parĕre to bring forth) + -ous.]
a. Of organisms: Producing new individuals by gemmation.
b. Of or pertaining to the process of gemmation.
1793Martyn Lang. Bot., Gemmiparus, Gemmiparous. Producing gems or buds. 1830R. Knox Béclard's Anat. 16 There is also an internal gemmiparous or suboviparous generation. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. xi. 322 The species..which he calls Planaria tentaculata..is oviparous in the spring and gemmiparous in the autumn. 1863Berkeley Brit. Mosses iii. 10 The production of the plant from the threads is rather gemmiparous than embryonic. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. x. 612 The generative blastema..from which the generative organs of the gemmiparous zooid have been developed.
Hence geˈmmiparously adv. Also gemmiˈparity, the attribute of being gemmiparous.
1859Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 117/1 An instance of ‘internal gemmiparity’ rather than the production of true ova. 1867H. Spencer Princ. Biol. II. 93 The resulting segments are so many gemmiparously-produced individuals. |