gemmulation

noun

gemmulation

noun

Etymology From gemmule + -ation.

1

Biology, Natural sciences 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:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.