Associations to the word «Gemmule»

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

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.