gemma

UK: /ˈdʒɛmə/ US: ( jem′ə)

Inflections of 'gemma' (n): npl: gemmae

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

gem•ma  ( jem′ə), n., pl. gem•mae 

(jem′ē). 
1. Botany a bud.
2. Botany a cell or cluster of cells, or a leaflike or budlike body, that separates from the parent plant to form a new organism, as in mosses and liverworts.

• Latin: bud, gem
• 1760–70

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gemma / ˈdʒɛmə/ noun ( -mae / -miː/)

1. a small asexual reproductive structure in liverworts, mosses, etc, that becomes detached from the parent and develops into a new individual
2. another name for gemmule1

Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin: bud, gem