Definition of gemma in English:

nounPlural gemmae

• 1A small cellular body or bud that can separate to form a new organism.

  Example sentences

  • ‘In addition to leaves, moss stems may bear structures for aesexual reproduction - gemmae or bulbils.’
  • ‘Leiocoryphe gemma may be a paedomorphic species derived from some Upper Cambrian trilobite with an effaced cephalon.’
  • ‘The surface of the outer perine is formed of a nearly homogenous layer giving rise to dimpled elements that are not clearly discrete (e.g., not gemmae or clavae).’

  1. 1.1
     another term for chlamydospore