GEMMULE

n. Jeam'ual. Lat., gemmula (dim. of genmui.;i bud). Fr, g. Ger, Knosp chen. \. That part of the plumule at the top of the embryo. 2. The stellule of mo es. 3. The ovule. 4. In the pi., g', of Darwin (1868), the minute panicles or granules which were supposed to be given off by the different cells ot Hnbody to form the sexual elements (ova and sperm a to zooids). fB, 1, 19, 121,128(0, 24); J, 26.1 5. A sponge spore. 6. A ciliated embryo in many Coelenterata. [L, 147.].l [s. 166]