Definitions
A small budlike reproductive structure in certain plants.
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma.
Used in a sentence
“I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.”
“Gemmae are frequently longer than wide or of irregular shape. According to Degenkolbe, gemmae-bearing leaves are always different in form from normal leaves.”
“In Marchantia polymorpha, high temperature promotes germination of gemmae (Dacknowski, 1907), and heat absorbed by the gemmae accelerates their germination (Fitting, 1942).”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Botany bud”5 letters
02“Plant bud”5 letters
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