Gemma vs Lemma - What's the difference?
gemma | lemma |
(label) bud; an asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells.
(mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
(linguistics, usually) The canonical form of an inflected word; ie the form usually found in dictionaries.
(linguistics, less frequently) A lexeme; all the inflected forms of a term.
(botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.