Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gemma"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gemma \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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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