Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bearing a gemma; reproducing by buds; gemmiparous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Producing gems or buds.
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- adjective biology Producing
gems orbuds . - adjective biology Multiplying by means of buds.
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- adjective bearing or reproducing by a gemma
Etymologies
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Examples
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The jungle continues much the same: the Sissoid jungle again occurred to - day, the natives call it _Sofaida_; it has a very curious habit, and is gemmiferous, the gemmae abounding in gum.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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But from the centre of the great basin, or rather bowl, which forms the mine, there ran up two wires to the high mound erected on the circumference, on which continually two iron cages were travelling up and down, coming back empty, but going up laden with gemmiferous dirt.
An Old Man's Love Anthony Trollope 1848
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It is believed that the same laws hold good with the gemmiferous vesicles of Zoophytes.
The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 Charles Darwin 1845
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