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Gemma

noun

(pl. gemmae)

Small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual.

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"Gemma" Quotes from Famous Books

... Hibernica, Itinerarium Kambriae, Descriptio Kambriae, Gemma Ecclesiastica, Libellus Invectionum, De Rebus a se Gestis, Dialogus de jure et statu Menevensis Ecclesiae, De Instructione Principum, De Legendis Sanctorum, ...

— The Itinerary of Archibishop Baldwin through Wales • Giraldus Cambrensis

... in less than a year's study, he could make his debut with the greatest success. By Jove! I have an idea! Why does not that Gerfaut return? Now, then, he would do very well for 'Pippo' in La Gazza, or for Gemma in Wilhelm Tell. But we must have a role for him to make his debut in. What subject could we take properly to introduce a child's part? Why does not that Gerfaut come? A child, girl or boy; a boy part would be better. 'Daniel,' ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... should precede that of his friend. Deeming himself in part to blame for Horn's reappearance in Brussels after the arrival of Alva, and for his, death, which was the result, he wished to be spared the pang of seeing him dead. Gemma Frisius, the astrologer who had cast the horoscope of Count Horn at his birth, had come to him in the most solemn manner to warn him against visiting Brussels. The Count had answered stoutly that he placed his trust in God, and that, moreover, his friend Egmont was going ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

Words linked to "Gemma" : reproductive structure