developmental process involved in reproduction asexual reproduction multi-multicellular organism process meristem development multicellular organismal reproductive process plantlet formation on parent plant vegetative vivipary vivipary biological_process GO:0048624 The process in which a new plantlet develops from a meristem on the plant body. As part of this process, when the plantlet is large enough to live independently, the physical connection between the new plantlet and the main plant is severed.