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Gemma

Gemma Meaning & Definition
Gemma Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gemma?

[n] small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual

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Gemma In Webster's Dictionary

\Gem"ma\, n.; pl. {Gemm[ae]}. [L., a bud.] 1. (Bot.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud. 2. (Biol.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell.

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