Gemma Definition

jĕmə
gemmae
noun
A budlike outgrowth which becomes detached and develops into a new organism, as in certain liverworts.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A female given name of Italian origin. Popular in the UK in the 1980s and the 1990s.

Wiktionary

(astronomy): A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.

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Origin of Gemma

  • Latin bud gembh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin gemma, "jewel".

    From Wiktionary

Gemma Sentence Examples

  • Chris has also deployed his other SAR dog Gemma to the Turkish earthquake which took place in 1999 and the Algerian Earthquake of 2003.

  • Camel was the sire of Defence (1824) and Touchstone (1831), while Sir Hercules was the sire of Birdcatcher (1833) and Faugh-a-Ballagh (1841), own brothers, and of Gemma di Vergy (1854).

  • Most important are the fine structures of diatoms such as Surirella gemma and Amphipleura pellucida or artificial fine divisions as in a Nobert's grating.

  • Norbert's test plates, which bear graduated groups of extremely fine and narrow divisions are very useful, while the tests of Amphipleura pellucida and Surirella gemma are often employed.

  • In the circumstances the four girls were heroic with pbs throughout for Nicola and Gemma and seasons bests for Jessica and Janine.

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