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Any vegetative or sexual structure (other than a seed) giving rise to a new plant, e.g. a broken off part that sprouts. The structure or component of a living being through which it is capable of dispersing or propagating itself.  

Multiplication by means of spores, seeds and cuttings or other vegetative means. An act of causing something to spread or multiply. Reproduction, the act of giving birth; regarding nerves, transmission of electrical impulses from one part to the other. In the heart, a wave of electrical stimulation propagates (passes) from top to bottom causing sequential…

Lying flat, with the upper face downwards. Refers to the body lying in a face-down position. Referring to the arm with the palm facing downwards. Positioning of the body lying down, facing downward. Lying with the face downward; the orientation of the hand with the palm facing down.  

Slightly prominent [obscure term].  

Jutting out beyond another part. Standing out, very visible.  

The production of off-shoots (i.e. lateral shoots for propagation). Production of vegetative shoots used for propagation or spreading abundantly. The process of proliferating. Rapid and repeated reproduction of new parts, as by cell division.  

Growing into a lateral shoot from a dormant stage.  

Growth of a bud from a dormant stage into a lateral shoot [unusual term]. The return of paroxysmal attacks at successively shorter intervals. The recurrence of an episode or spasm sooner than anticipated or at increasingly shorter durations.  

(Of a globose shape) drawn out towards the poles ends like a lemon.