Associations to the word «Gemma»

Wiktionary

GEMMA, noun. (botany) A bud; an asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells.
GEMMA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae   — the type species being the amethyst gem clam.
GEMMA, proper noun. A female given name.
GEMMA, proper noun. (star): A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.

Dictionary definition

GEMMA, noun. Small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats