Definitions for "Gemma"
A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
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.
n. (L. gemma, a swelling, bud, gem) a bud or outgrowth of a plant which develops into a new organism. A leaf bud rather than a flower bud.
Keywords:  troels, sexine, iversen, jackson, smith
(pl. gemmae, adj. gemmate) ( Iversen and Troels-Smith, 1950) A sexine element which is constricted at its base, higher than 1µm, and that has approximately the same width as its height. Generative cell The cell in a pollen grain which divides to form male gametes ( Jackson, 1928).
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