Gemma vs Gemmule - What's the difference?
gemma | gemmule |
(label) bud; an asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells.
(biology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges
:1978 Patricia R. Bergquist, "Sponges"
::The actual formation of gemmule's by fresh-water sponges is so clearly an adaptation to seasonal climatic changes, that at first it was reasonable to believe that seasonal alternation itself induced the ' gemmulation .
(obsolete) A hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity
As a proper noun gemma
is .As a noun gemmule is
(biology) a small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges.gemma
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(gemmae)Derived terms
* gemmoidgemmule
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(wikipedia gemmule) (en noun)References
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