- Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within
which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another
rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae. - Producing young by budding. - Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the
blastostyle of a hydroid. - Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger
branch; -- said of corals.
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