(a.) Bearing offspring; -- applied to a flower from within which another is produced, or to a branch or frond from which another rises, or to a plant which is reproduced by buds or gemmae.
(a.) Producing young by budding.
(a.) Producing sexual zooids by budding; -- said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.
(a.) Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; -- said of corals.