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单词 gemmule
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gem•mule  ( jem′yo̅o̅l),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Botanygemma.
  2. Zoologyan asexually produced mass of cells that is capable of developing into an animal, as a freshwater sponge.
  3. Biology[Evolution.]one of the hypothetical living units conceived by Darwin in the theory of pangenesis as the bearers of the hereditary attributes.
  • Latin gemmula. See gemma, -ule
  • French
  • 1835–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gemmule /ˈdʒɛmjuːl/ n
  1. a cell or mass of cells produced asexually by sponges and developing into a new individual; bud
  2. a small gemma
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Latin gemmula a little bud; see gem
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