Definition of Gemmae

1. gemma [n] - See also: gemma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemmae

geminology
geminous
geminy
gemish
gemistocyte
gemistocytes
gemistocytic astrocyte
gemistocytic astrocytoma
gemistocytic cell
gemistocytic reaction
gemistocytoma
gemitores
gemlike
gemmaceous
gemmae (current term)
gemmal
gemman
gemmary
gemmate
gemmated
gemmates
gemmating
gemmations
gemmed
gemmen
gemmeous
gemmeries
gemmery

Literary usage of Gemmae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"All other forms of gemmae can be traced back to a construction out of gemma-cells (brood-cells], but these frequently develop so far on the mother- plant ..."

2. Annals of Botany by IDEAL (Project) (1888)
"PRELIMINARY NOTE ON THE FORMATION OF gemmae ON TRICHOMANES ALATUM. ... The results of cultivation of gemmae after removal from the sterigmata are as yet ..."

3. Practical Text-book of Plant Physiology by Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1901)
"gemmae of Scapania. Collect specimens of Scapania ne- morosa from its habitat on moist banks or rocks and find the unicellular gemmae on the tips of the ..."

4. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York botanical garden (1908)
"The gemmae were then sown on one half the surface of soil in a pot. The other half of the surface was sown with unexposed gemmae. ..."

5. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"The gemmae were then sown on one half the surface of soil in a pot. The other half of the surface was sown with unexposed gemmae. ..."

6. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"The simplest gemmae are unicellular, and they differ from asexual spores chiefly in the ... Simple gemmae of this character are found in yeast (figs. ..."

7. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"gemmae in cup-shaped, dentate-margined receptacles arising from the dorsal surface of the costa. Androecium long-stalked, disciform, with a thin crenate ..."

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