Definition of "gemmulation"

gemmulation

noun
countable and uncountable, plural gemmulations
1. (biology) The production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules
  Quotations
  The actual formation of gemmule's by fresh-water sponges is so clearly an adaptation to seasonal climatic changes, that at first it was reasonable to believe that seasonal alternation itself induced the gemmulation.
  1978, Patricia R. Bergquist, Sponges