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bud·ding (bud′iŋ)

noun

a type of asexual reproduction in which a new individual or branch develops from an outgrowth on the body of a plant or certain lower animals

Etymology: see bud,

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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