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GEMMA (gemmae)

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Irregular inflected form: gemmae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 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 individualplay

  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)


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