Gemma \Gem"ma\, n.; pl. {Gemm[ae]}. [L., a bud.]
1. (Bot.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
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2. (Biol.) 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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