gemmule

Senso (Inglese)

1. Synonym of gemma (“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 a new individual can develop”)
2. Synonym of gemma (“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 a new individual can develop”)
3. In the obsolete theory of pangenesis propounded by the English scientist Charles Darwin (1809–1882): a hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity.
4. Synonym of plumule (“the first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons”)
5. Synonym of dendritic spine (“a small membranous protrusion from the dendrite of a neuron that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse”)

Concetti

gemmula

sinonimi

germ

embryo bud

plantule

stem bud

embryonic bud

germinal bud

Traduzioni

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Con il trattino come

gem‧mule

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɛmjuːl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from French gemmule, from Latin gemmula (“small bud; small gem”), from gemma (“bud of a plant; gem, jewel; thing made of precious stones”) (further etymology uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth; to produce”), but see further at that entry) + -ula (feminine form of -ulus (diminutive suffix)).