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gemmule
noun(gem-mule)
a small bud:
gemmule
noun(gem-mule)
a theoretical particle proposed in the theory of pangenesis that is shed by a somatic cell and contains all the information necessary to reproduce that cell type (as in an offspring)
gemmule
noun(gem-mule)
a reproductive bud produced by freshwater and some marine sponges that consists of a usually hardened aggregate of cells

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