gemmate

English

Etymology

From Latin gemmatus, past participle of gemmare (“to put forth buds”), from gemma (“bud”).

Adjective

gemmate (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Having buds; reproducing by buds.

Verb

gemmate (third-person singular simple present gemmates, present participle gemmating, simple past and past participle gemmated)

  1. to deck with gems

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gemmate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

gemmate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of gemmare
  2. second-person plural imperative of gemmare
  3. feminine plural of gemmato

Latin

Participle

gemmāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of gemmātus
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