Gĕm'mūle, n.
n. [Fr. gemmule, Lat. gemmula, diminutive of gemma. See GEM.] (Bot.) (a.) A little leaf-bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons. (b.) One of the buds of mosses. (c.) One of the reproductive spores of Algae.
n. [Fr. gemmule, Lat. gemmula, diminutive of gemma. See GEM.] (Bot.) (a.) A little leaf-bud, as the plumule between the cotyledons. (b.) One of the buds of mosses. (c.) One of the reproductive spores of Algae.