GEMMULE


Meaning of GEMMULE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjem-(ˌ)yül ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Latin gemmula, diminutive of gemma

Date: circa 1828

: a small bud:

a. : a theoretical particle proposed in the theory of pangenesis that is shed by a somatic cell and contains all the information necessary to reproduce that cell type (as in an offspring)

b. : a reproductive bud produced by freshwater and some marine sponges that consists of a usually hardened aggregate of cells

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