gemma

See also: Gemma

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma.

Noun

gemma (plural gemmas or gemmae)

1. (biology) An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud.

   Synonym: (archaic) gemmule

   • 1969, Rudolf Mathias Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume 1, Columbia University Press, page 527:

     I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.

   • 1990, Anthony John Edwin Smith, The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, page 2:

     Gemmae are frequently longer than wide or of irregular shape.
     According to Degenkolbe, gemmae-bearing leaves are always different in form from normal leaves.

   • 2005, R. N. Chopra, Biology of Bryophytes, page 32:

     In Marchantia polymorpha, high temperature promotes germination of gemmae (Dacknowski, 1907), and heat absorbed by the gemmae accelerates their germination (Fitting, 1942).

Derived terms

• gemmaceous
• gemmal
• gemmation
• gemmiform
• gemmiparous
• gemmoid
• spermatogemma

Translations

asexual reproductive structure

Bulgarian: пъпка (bg) f (pǎpka) Galician: xema (gl) f Georgian: კოკორი (ḳoḳori), კვირტი (ḳvirṭi) Hungarian: sarjadzik (hu) Polish: rozmnóżka f

Anagrams

• Megam

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• geh ma

Etymology

First person plural of geh + ma (unstressed form of first person plural nominative mia). Literally, “go we”.

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥ɛmɐ/

Verb

gemma

1. contraction of geh +‎ ma

Interjection

gemma

1. come on!, let's go!

   Gemma, gemma! Des schåff ma! ― Come on, let's go! We can do this!

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒɛm.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒem.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

gemma f (plural gemmes)

1. gem, jewel
2. (botany) bud
3. (biology) gemma

Further reading

• “gemma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Interlingua

Noun

gemma (plural gemmas)

1. gem

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛm.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛmma
• Hyphenation: gèm‧ma

Etymology 1

From Latin gemma.

Noun

gemma f (plural gemme)

1. (botany) bud
2. gem, jewel
3. (figurative) gem (precious or highly valued thing or person)

Related terms

• gemmare
• ingemmare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gemma

1. inflection of gemmare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• gemma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• gamme