Gemma

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) of Italian origin. Popular in the UK in the 1980s and the 1990s.
  2. Proper noun.  (star) : A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.
  3. Noun.  An asexual reproductive structure, as found in liverworts and hydra, able to produce new individuals from a cluster of cells.

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