gemma Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Gem"ma noun
Etymology
L., a bud.
Wordforms
plural Gemmæ
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913