Gemma

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which new individuals can develop; a bud.

   “I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.”

2. özel isim A female given name from Italian.

   “Gemma. A curious name. He didn't think he had ever come across it before. She would have an outlandish name, either because her equally eccentric parents had labelled her with it or—more likely—she had adopted it herself on the grounds of originality.”

3. özel isim A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.