Having the quality of or resembling a bud or sprout; characterized by budding or explosive growth.
From blastid or blasto- prefix with '-ie' or '-y' suffix forming adjectives. The '-ie' ending is common in Scottish and informal English adjectives.
This informal adjective might have been more common in older scientific writing or regional dialects—it shows how scientists sometimes created quick, casual versions of technical terms for everyday discussion!
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