gemmification

== English == === Etymology === From Latin gemma (“bud”) + -ficare (“in comparative) to make”). See -fy. === Noun === gemmification (usually uncountable, plural gemmifications) (archaic, biology) The production of a bud or gem. === References === “gemmification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.