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Gemma

A bud; an asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells.

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A bud; an asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells.

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gemmulenoun	(biology) (specifically, zoology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges (phylum Porifera) that develops into a new sponge.
gemmationnoun	(biology) asexual reproduction via gemmae
gemmificationnoun	(archaic, biology) The production of a bud or gem.
gemmiparitynoun	(biology) reproduction by budding; gemmation
gemmulationnoun	(biology) The production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules
propagulumnoun	(botany) A runner terminated by a germinating bud.
germnoun	A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
archegoniumnoun	(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
personnoun	An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.
gonophorenoun	(zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid.
testisnoun	(anatomy) A testicle of a vertebrate.
spermatogemmanoun	(biology) spermosphere
fissigemmationnoun	(biology, archaic) A form of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.
zygospermnoun	(botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. They are found in certain orders of algae and fungi.
glomerulenoun	(botany) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
zygospherenoun	(botany) A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.
rhombogenenoun	(zoology) A dicyemid that produces infusoria-like embryos.
glandnoun	(zoology) A specialized cell, group of cells, or organ of endothelial origin in the human or animal body that synthesizes a chemical substance, such as hormones or breast milk, and releases it, often into the bloodstream (endocrine gland) or into cavities inside the body or its outer surface (exocrine gland).
gonodendronnoun	(biology) A branchlike structure, in hydrozoa, that bears gonophores.
paraphysisnoun	(botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the spore cases, etc., of other flowerless plants.