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Gemma

//ˈd͡ʒɛmə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Italian.

    "Gemma. A curious name. He didn't think he had ever come across it before. She would have an outlandish name, either because her equally eccentric parents had labelled her with it or—more likely—she had adopted it herself on the grounds of originality."

  2. 2
    A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin gemma (“jewel”). The given name is mostly borrowed via Italian Gemma; the spelling Jemma in particular is associated with James. Doublet of gemma and gem.

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