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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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