Associations to the word «Gemmule»
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Wiktionary
GEMMULE, noun. (biology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges
GEMMULE, noun. (obsolete) A hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity
Dictionary definition
GEMMULE, noun. The physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.