English Dictionary

gemma

名詞

(biology) 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 new individuals can develop; a bud.

日本語の意味

無性生殖体：動物（例：ヒドラ属）や植物（例：ヒカゲゴケ類）に見られる、新しい個体を形成するために細胞が集まった構造。 / 発芽複合体：独立した新しい個体へと発展するための、細胞の塊からなる無性生殖の器官。

Under the microscope, the botanist watched a gemma detach and grow into a genetically identical individual.

顕微鏡で植物学者は、無性生殖の小芽が分離して遺伝的に同一の個体へと成長するのを観察した。

意味（1）

(biology) 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 new individuals can develop; a bud.

I know of no other genera with such intramarginal formation of true gemmae.

gemmae （ plural ）