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GEMMIFEROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gemmiferous mean?
• GEMMIFEROUS (adjective)
The adjective GEMMIFEROUS has 1 sense:
1. bearing or reproducing by a gemma
Familiarity information: GEMMIFEROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bearing or reproducing by a gemma
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
gemma (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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