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gemma
[ jem-uh ]
noun
- a bud.
- Botany. a cell or cluster of cells, or a leaflike or budlike body, that separates from the parent plant to form a new organism, as in mosses and liverworts.
- Zoology. gemmule ( def 2 ).
gemma
/ dʒɛˈmeɪʃəs; ˈdʒɛmə /
noun
- a small asexual reproductive structure in liverworts, mosses, etc, that becomes detached from the parent and develops into a new individual
- zoology another name for gemmule
gemma
/ jĕm′ə /
, Plural gemmae jĕm′ē′
- A budlike mass of undifferentiated tissue which serves as a means of vegetative reproduction among mosses and liverworts. The gemmae, often formed in structures called gemma cups, are usually dispersed from the parent plant by the splashing of raindrops, after which they develop into new individuals.
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Derived Forms
- gemmaceous, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gemma1
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Example Sentences
One day, he turned up with Gemma, whom he'd gotten from the pound.
On the other side were Clay Morrow and his wife, Gemma Teller, a couple for whom love has long been synonymous with doom.
Gemma has moved on with Nero, a pimp played by Jimmy Smits who calls himself “a companionator.”
The landowner and racehorse breeder and his artist wife, Gemma, are close friends of the Middleton family.
Gemma Hardy is the orphaned daughter of a Scottish woman and an Icelandic fisherman.
Gemma thinks she will be ugly, with great teeth and a red face like the Englishwomen in the Asino, but I do not believe it.
Orazio Lucis first saw Gemma like that, and he followed us home, and then found out who we were and asked questions about us.
The young man contrived to remain behind in the salotto for a moment and to keep Gemma with him.
It was always so easy to make Gemma angry, and lately she had been more capricious and difficult than ever.
Olive was out giving a lesson when it came, and Gemma turned it over, examining the post-mark and the writing.
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