Gemellipa-rous
(Gem`el*lip"a-rous) a. [L. gemellipara, fem., gemellus twin + parere to bear, produce.]
Producing twins. [R.] Bailey.
Geminal
(Gem"i*nal) a. [L. geminus twin.] A pair. [Obs.] Drayton.
Geminate
(Gem"i*nate) a. [L. geminatus, p. p. of genimare to double. See Gemini.] (Bot.) In pairs
or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Gray.
Geminate
(Gem"i*nate) v. t. To double. [R.] B. Jonson.
Gemination
(Gem`i*na"tion) n. [L. geminatio.] A doubling; duplication; repetition. [R.] Boyle.
Gemini
(||Gem"i*ni) n. pl. [L., twins, pl. of geminus; cf. Skr. jmi related as brother or sister.] (Astron.)
A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of
the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th.
Geminiflorous
(Gem`i*ni*flo"rous) a. [L. geminus twin + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Having the flowers
arranged in pairs.
Geminous
(Gem"i*nous) a. [L. geminus.] Double; in pairs. Sir T. Browne.
Geminy
(Gemi*ny) n. [See Gemini.] Twins; a pair; a couple. [Obs.] Shak.
Gemitores
(||Gem`i*to"res) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gemere, gemitum, to sign, moan.] (Zoöl.) A division of
birds including the true pigeons.
Gemma
(||Gem"ma) n.; pl. Gemmæ [L., a bud.]
1. (Bot.) A leaf bud, as distinguished from a flower bud.
2. (Biol.) A bud spore; one of the small spores or buds in the reproduction of certain Protozoa, which
separate one at a time from the parent cell.