A female given name of Italian origin. Popular in the UK in the 1980s and the 1990s
Gemma gave him another gushing smile. She wanted to make amends for almost fouling up Blake's deal. Gemma. What a beautiful name. You are indeed a jewel..
: A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis
An asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells
A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis
{i} leaf bud; budlike growth which separates from the parent plant to form a new one (Botany); budlike growth which separates from the parent organism to form a new one (Zoology)
small asexual reproductive structure in e g liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual
(Latin; "Gem of Augustus") Sardonyx cameo depicting the glorification of Caesar Augustus. He is sitting next to the goddess Roma, and both are trampling the armour of defeated enemies. Now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, it was probably carved during the reign of Caligula (AD 37-41). It is one of the most impressive carved cameos of a series of Roman gems representing imperial personages
gemma
Hyphenation
Gem·ma
Turkish pronunciation
cemı
Pronunciation
/ˈʤemə/ /ˈʤɛmə/
Etymology
[ 'je-m& ] (noun.) 1830. From Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”).