A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud. A bud spore; one
of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain
Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell. n.
(L. gemma, a swelling, bud, gem) a bud or outgrowth of a plant
which develops into a new organism. A leaf bud rather than a
flower bud. small asexual reproductive structure in e.g.
liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops
into a new individual a group of undifferentiated cells, which
when dropped from the parent plant, can grow into a new moss a
small cellular body that separates from the mother-plant and
starts a new one (pl., gemmae) A bud by which some plants
propagate. a bud or bud-like organ capable of reproducing the
plant. pl. gemmae. A young bud from which plants vegetatively
reproduce. A gemma (plural gemmae) is a single cell, or a mass
of cells, or a modified bud of tissue, that detaches from the
parent and develops into a new individual. It is a means of
asexual propagation in plants. These