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Is gemmule a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gemmule is a Scrabble US word. The word gemmule is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is gemmule a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gemmule is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word gemmule is a Words With Friends word. The word gemmule is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

GEMMULE,

6-letter words (2 found)

EMULGE,LEGUME,

5-letter words (5 found)

EMULE,GEMEL,GLUME,LEMME,LUMME,

4-letter words (11 found)

EMEU,EUGE,GEUM,GLEE,GLUE,GLUM,GULE,LEME,LUGE,MEME,MULE,

3-letter words (25 found)

EEL,ELM,EME,EMU,GEE,GEL,GEM,GUE,GUL,GUM,LEE,LEG,LEU,LUG,LUM,MEE,MEG,MEL,MEM,MEU,MUG,MUM,ULE,UME,UMM,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EL,EM,GU,ME,MM,MU,UG,UM,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 54 words from gemmule according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gemmule

gemmule

Etymology

Borrowed from French gemmule, from Latin gemmula (“small bud; small gem”), from gemma (“bud of a plant; gem, jewel; thing made of precious stones”) (further etymology uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth; to produce”), but see further at that entry) + -ula (feminine form of -ulus (diminutive suffix)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛmjuːl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛˌm(j)ul/
  • Hyphenation: gem‧mule

Noun

gemmule (plural gemmules)

  1. (biology)
    1. (archaic) Synonym of gemma (“an asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which a new individual can develop”)
      1. (specifically, zoology) A small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges (phylum Porifera) that develops into a new sponge.
    2. (historical) In the obsolete theory of pangenesis propounded by the English scientist Charles Darwin (1809–1882): a hypothetical particle once thought to be the basis of heredity.
  2. (botany) Synonym of plumule (“the first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons”)
  3. (neurology) Synonym of dendritic spine (“a small membranous protrusion from the dendrite of a neuron that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse”)

Usage notes

Sense 1.1 (“synonym of gemma”) is archaic; gemma appears to be the preferred modern term. However, gemmule continues to be used for sense 1.1.1 (“small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge”).

Derived terms

  • gemmulation
  • gemmuliferous

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References

Further reading

  • gemmule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • pangenesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemmula (“small bud; small gem”), from gemma (“bud of a plant; gem, jewel; thing made of precious stones”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛ.myl/, /ʒe.myl/
  • Hyphenation: gem‧mule

Noun

gemmule f (plural gemmules)

  1. gemmule

Descendants

  • → English: gemmule

Further reading

  • “gemmule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org