To reproduce or propagate through gemmae (buds); to produce buds or similar reproductive structures.
From Latin 'gemma' (bud) + '-ate' (verb-forming suffix). In biological terminology, '-ate' verbs indicate a process or action, so 'gemmate' means 'to produce gemmae.'
Some organisms are asexual reproducers that just *bud* instead of making babies the traditional way—they're gemmating their way to reproduction, which is basically botanical cloning!
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