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Definition of Gemmate
1. a. Having buds; reproducing by buds.
Definition of Gemmate
1. Adjective. (botany) Having buds; reproducing by buds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gemmate
1. to produce gemmae [v -MATED, -MATING, -MATES]
Medical Definition of Gemmate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemmate
Literary usage of Gemmate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Poe, Tales, I. 346. gemmate ... put forth buds, set with gems: see gemmate.] 1.
In bot., the act of budding ; also, the manner in which a young leaf is ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. gemmate (lii<>!.). 8. disbud; spec. chit. buff, n. orange, yellow; spec.
Isabella, Isabel. buffer, n. bumper; spec, fender, dolly, cushion. buffer, ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... fringed with slender bristles ; spicate racemes panicled, erect, often
gemmate, \'-2' long, not densely flowered ; calyx greenish-white, pedicelled, ..."
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