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A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
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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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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.
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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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a group of undifferentiated cells, which when dropped from the parent plant, can grow into a new moss
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a small cellular body that separates from the mother-plant and starts a new one
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(pl., gemmae) A bud by which some plants propagate.
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a bud or bud-like organ capable of reproducing the plant. pl. gemmae.
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A young bud from which plants vegetatively reproduce.
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A gemma (plural gemmae) is a single cell, or a mass of cells, or a modified bud of tissue, that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual. It is a means of asexual propagation in plants. These structures are commonly found in fungi, algae, liverworts and mosses, but also in some flowering plants such as pygmy sundews.
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