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Pullulation

A germinating, or budding.

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Agamogenesis 76% connected

Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

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Growth 76% connected

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Increment 76% connected

The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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Pullulate 74% connected

To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.

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Pullulate 74% connected

To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly.

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Gemmation 92% connected

The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity.…

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material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

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Anthesis noun · 78% connection

the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

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Blastocarpous adjective · 78% connection

Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove.

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Blastogenesis noun · 78% connection

Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.

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Blastomycete noun · 78% connection

any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals

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Blossoming noun · 78% connection

the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

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Bryozoa n. pl. · 78% connection

A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa.

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Bryozoan noun · 78% connection

sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to ston…

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Bud verb · 78% connection

To be like a bud in respect to youth and freshness, or growth and promise; as, a budding virgin.

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Cicatricle noun · 78% connection

The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.

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Cormus noun · 78% connection

A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent…

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Cytogenesis noun · 78% connection

Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.

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Daughter cell noun · 78% connection

a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identi…

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