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Gemma

noun

(pl. gemmae)

Small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual.

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... ensuing centuries," and is a rheotorical piece, diffuse and declamatory, and therein quite the opposite of Dante. It manifests Byron's self-conscious habit of submitting his theme to himself, instead of losing himself in his theme. He is Dante in exile, and Gemma Donati ...

— A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century • Henry A. Beers

Words linked to "Gemma" : reproductive structure