- gemma (def. 2).
- an asexually produced mass of cells that is capable of developing into an animal, as a freshwater sponge.
- one of the hypothetical living units conceived by Darwin in the theory of pangenesis as the bearers of the hereditary attributes.
- a cell or mass of cells produced asexually by sponges and developing into a new individual; bud
- a small gemma
- a small hereditary particle postulated by Darwin in his theory of pangenesis
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