Talk:gemmule

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I think it is probably right, but the Wikipedia article only mentions one sense. Some cites would help anyway. H. (talk) 14:12, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not so sure. As someone formally trained in bryology, I have never heard "gemmule" used, nor can I find it in the standard bryology reference works I've checked thus far. Bryologists use the term (deprecated template usage) gemma, and these are already very tiny. There is no use for a diminutive when the object is only one cell or a few cells to begin with. How much smaller could it be? --EncycloPetey 20:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

RFV failed, entry deleted. (I also deleted the entry for gemmules, and will list gemmulation here shortly.) —Ruakh_TALK 02:36, 4 December 2009 (UTC)