(1):

(a.) Producing sexual zooids by budding; - said of the blastostyle of a hydroid.

(2):

(a.) Producing young by budding.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(a.) Producing a cluster of branchlets from a larger branch; - said of corals.