gemma

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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
A feminine given name of Italian origin
{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
A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud
A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which separate one at a time from the parent cell
liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual
small asexual reproductive structure in e
Gemma Augustea
(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”).
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