Gemma

[dʒemә]

(noun.) small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual.

Typist: Rosa--From WordNet

(n.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.

(n.) 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.

Edited by Alexander