| budding [`bǝd·iŋ] BIOLOGY A form of asexual reproduction in which a new individual arises as an outgrowth of an older individual. Also known as gemmation. BOTANY A method of vegetative propagation in which a single bud is grafted laterally onto a stock. VIROLOGY A form of virus release from the cell in which replication has occurred, common to all enveloped animal viruses; the cell membrane closes around the virus and the particle exits from the cell. |