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Webster 1913 Edition

Gemma

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Gem′ma

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Noun.

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pl.

Gemmæ

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[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.