Gemma

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.

II. Gemma ·noun A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell.

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gemma
gemma, ae, f. [cf. Gr. γέμω, to be full; Lat. gumia; lit. a fulness, swelling. The ancients supposed...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
gemma
gemma ae, f GEM-, a bud, eye, gem : turgent in palmite gemmae, V.— A precious stone, jewel, gem : ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary