GEMMULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gemmule mean? 

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

1. the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GEMMULE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

hypothesis; possibility; theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena)