"gemma" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gemmas [plural], gemmae [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|gemma|t=bud on a plant}} Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”), {{dbt|en|gem|Gemma}} Doublet of gem and Gemma Head templates: {{en-noun|s|gemmae}} gemma (plural gemmas or gemmae)
  1. (biology) An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud. Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: gemmule [archaic] Derived forms: gemmaceous, gemmal, gemmoid Translations (asexual reproductive structure): пъпка (pǎpka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), xema [feminine] (Galician), კოკორი (ḳoḳori) (Georgian), კვირტი (ḳvirṭi) (Georgian), sarjadzik (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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