GEMMA (gemmae)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: gemmae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gemma mean? 

• GEMMA (noun)
  The noun GEMMA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GEMMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEMMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("gemma" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)