gemma

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud.
    — I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.

词形变化

gemmas plural gemmae plural

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma.
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