gemmiparous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- gemmiparity noun
- gemmiparously adverb
Etymology
Origin of gemmiparous
From the New Latin word gemmiparus, dating back to 1785–95. See gemma, -parous
Example Sentences
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Passing to the invertebrate animals, we meet with two other modes of reproduction, the gemmiparous and fissiparous.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
Organic remains clearly teach us that there have always been viviparous as well as oviparous creatures, and gemmiparous as well as fissiparous animals and plants.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
Rootless; leaves cleft ¼–½ their length, the lobes ovate, subequal, acute or obtuse, entire, or gemmiparous ones subdentate; involucral leaves trifid; perianth oval-oblong or subcylindric.—On rocks in high mountain regions, and northward.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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