WOTD – 8 February 2022 Borrowed from French gemmule, from Latin gemmula (“small bud; small gem”), from gemma (“bud of a plant; gem, jewel; thing made...
From gemmule + -iform. gemmuliform (comparative more gemmuliform, superlative most gemmuliform) (biology) Resembling a gemmule....
From gemmule + -ation. gemmulation (countable and uncountable, plural gemmulations) (biology) The production of gemmules; reproduction via gemmules 1978...
gemmula (plural gemmulae) Alternative form of gemmule (in various senses) From gemma (“bud, gem”) + -ula. gemmula f (genitive gemmulae); first declension...
From gemmule + -i- + -ferous. gemmuliferous (comparative more gemmuliferous, superlative most gemmuliferous) (botany, archaic) Bearing or producing...
IPA(key): /ˈxemula/ [ˈxe.mu.la] Rhymes: -emula Syllabification: gé‧mu‧la gémula f (plural gémulas) gemmule...
membranous protrusion from the dendrite of a neuron that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse. Synonym: gemmule spinodendritic...