SG Heritage Dictionary

Gemma [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.

2. 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.

Gemmaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmae; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmae.

Gemmae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gemmary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to gems or jewels.

Gemmary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to gems.

Gemmary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A receptacle for jewels or gems; a jewel house; jewels or gems, collectively.

Gemmate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having buds; reproducing by buds.

Gemmated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.

Gemmation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, budding; the state, form or construction of the bud of plants, of the leaves, stipules, petioles or scales.

Gemmation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The formation of a new individual, either animal or vegetable, by a process of budding; an asexual method of reproduction; gemmulation; gemmiparity. See Budding.

2. The arrangement of buds on the stalk; also, of leaves in the bud.