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Definition of Gemma
1. Noun. Small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual.
Definition of Gemma
1. n. A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
Definition of Gemma
1. Proper noun. (given name female from=Italian) of Italian origin. Popular in the UK in the 1980s and the 1990s. ¹
2. Proper noun. (star): A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (?) Coronae Borealis. ¹
3. Noun. An asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gemma
1. an asexual reproductive structure [n -MAE]
Medical Definition of Gemma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemma
Literary usage of Gemma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"All other forms of gemmae can be traced back to a construction out of
gemma-cells (brood-cells], but these frequently develop so far on the mother- plant ..."
2. The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1876)
"gemma. We have now been blessed with seven children, my dear husband ! ... gemma.
Whether it so happens or not, we always think so, the mother in particular ..."
3. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"the gemma conceals a growing point, protected by short papillae. The cells of
the gemma are rich in chlorophyll, but on both sides large colourless cells ..."
4. Poems by Walter Malone (1904)
"DANTE AND gemma. SURROUNDED by the dull and commonplace, Dante and gemma lived
as man and wife; Year after year they kept the self-same pace, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[< L. gemma, a gem, + Gr. ti'doc, form.] Having the nature or form of a gemma.
... a little bud, a little gem, dim. of L. gemma, a bud, a gem: see gem.] l. ..."
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