gemma /jemˈə/

1. A small multicellular body produced vegetatively, capable of separating and becoming a new individual (botany)
2. A bud or protuberance from the body that becomes a new individual (zoology)
3. A plant bud, esp a leaf-bud (rare)

gemmāˈceous adjective

1. Bud-like
2. Relating to gemmae

gemmˈate adjective

Having or reproducing by buds or gemmae

To reproduce by gemmae

gemmāˈtion noun

Budding or gemma-formation

gemmˈative adjective

Relating to gemmation

gemmifˈerous adjective

Bearing gemmae

gemmipˈarous adjective

Reproducing by gemmae

gemmūlāˈtion noun (biology)

Formation of gemmules

gemmˈule noun

1. A hypothetical particle thought by Darwin to be produced by each part of the body as a vehicle of heredity
2. A plumule (botany)
3. An internal bud in sponges (zoology)

gemmˈa-cup noun

A liverwort cupule

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