gemmule
1gemmule — [ ʒemyl ] n. f. • 1808; lat. gemmula, dimin. de gemma → gemme ♦ Bot. Bourgeon de l embryon, partie sommitale de la plantule appelée à se développer en pousse feuillue. ⇒ plumule. ● gemmule nom féminin (latin gemmula, petite gemme) Bourgeon… …
2Gemmule — Gem mule, n. [L. gemmula, dim. of gemma: cf. F. gemmule. See {Gem}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A little leaf bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons. (b) One of the buds of mosses. (c) One of the reproductive spores of alg[ae]. (d) An ovule. [1913… …
3gemmule — [jem′yo͞ol΄] n. [Fr < L gemmula, dim. of gemma, a bud: see GEM] Biol. a bud of a moss or a reproductive body of an alga or of certain sponges; small gemma …
4Gemmule — Au cours du processus de la germination, la gemmule se développe (après la radicule) et donne une tige feuillée au dessus des deux cotylédons. Le premier entre nœud donne le mésocotyle. Le deuxième entre nœud donne l épicotyle. Portail de la… …
5gemmule — n. small gemma. ♦ gemmulation, n. production of gemmule. ♦ gemmuliferous, a. bearing gemmules …
6gemmule — n. an encysted embryonic cell cluster in sponges. Etymology: F gemmule or L gemmula little bud (as GEM) …
7gemmule — 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… …
8Gemmule — Gemmules are internal buds found in freshwater sponges and are the result of asexual reproduction, and resemble round, food filled balls. Gemmules have a protective coat composed of spicules and organic matter. They are resistant to desiccation… …
9gemmule — n. [L. gemma, bud] 1. A bud like outgrowth that becomes an independent individual. 2. (PORIFERA) Composed of a mass of archaeocytes charged with reserves and enclosed in a non cellular protective envelope. 2. Historically a particle of heredity,… …
10gemmule — /jem yoohl/, n. 1. Bot. gemma. 2. Zool. an asexually produced mass of cells that is capable of developing into an animal, as a freshwater sponge. 3. Evolution. one of the hypothetical living units conceived by Darwin in the theory of pangenesis… …