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GEMMA
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Irregular inflected form: gemmae
I. (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:
Hypernyms ("gemma" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)