gemmation vs pullulation what difference
what is difference between gemmation and pullulation
English
Etymology
gemma + -ation
Noun
gemmation (countable and uncountable, plural gemmations)
- (biology) asexual reproduction via gemmae
- (botany) arrangement of buds on the stalk
Synonyms
- budding
Translations
Anagrams
- tigemonam
English
Etymology
pullulate + -ion
Noun
pullulation (usually uncountable, plural pullulations)
- A teeming, swarming, or multiplying.
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
- [The cats] took not the slightest notice of either Mr. Flay or of himself save for the sudden cessation of their purring. When they had stood in the darkness, and before Mr. Flay had removed the bunch of keys from his pocket, Steerpike had imagined he had heard a heavy, deep throbbing, a monotonous sea-like drumming of sound, and he now knew that it must have been the pullulation of the tribe.
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
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