gemma

The English word “gemma” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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.

Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma.

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