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gemelli, n. plu., /&&# (a dim. 

 of L. gemini, twins), the names 

 of two muscles, named respectively 

 the 'gemellus superior 'and 'gem- 

 ellus inferior,' see 'gastrocnem- 

 ius.' 



geminate, a.,/8f?ifti-ai (L. gemini, 

 twins ; gemindtus, doubled), in 

 lot., growing in pairs ; same as 

 ' binate. ' 



gemma, n., j$m'-ma, gemmae, n. 

 plu. , jem'me (L. gemma, a bud ; 

 gemmce, buds), in bot., a bud ; 

 leaf buds as distinguished from 

 flower buds ; reproductive buds 

 found in liverworts ; the 

 buds produced by any animal, 

 whether detached or not : 

 gemmate, a., j&mtmdt, having 

 buds : gemmation, n., jem-md' 

 shun, the development of leaf 

 buds ; in zool., the process of 

 producing new structures by 

 budding : gemmiferous, a., jem- 

 mif^r-us (L. fero, t bear), 

 bearing buds : gemmifonn, a., 



fim'-mi'ftirm (L. forma, shape), 

 shaped liked a bud : gemmip- 

 arous, a., jem-m^p'-ar-us (L. 

 pario, I produce), in bot., repro- 

 ducing by buds ; in zool., giving 

 origin to new structures by a 

 process of budding. 



gemnmle, n., fem'mul (L. gem- 

 mula, a little bud from gemma, 

 a bud), in bot., the first bud of 

 the embryo ; same as * plumule' ; 

 in zool, the ciliated embryos of 

 many Ccelenterata ; the seed-like 

 reproductive bodies or spores of 

 Spongilla. 



genera, see ' genus. ' 



generation, n., jen'&r'd'shun (L. 

 generdtum, to beget, to engender 

 from genus, a race or kind), 

 production ; formation : gener- 

 ative, &.,jen'-er-dt'iv, that gener- 

 ates or produces. 



generic, pert, to a ' genus. ' 



genestade, n., jen'-Zs-tdd (a cor- 

 ruption of L. genista or genesta, 

 the broom plant), an enzootic 

 disease of cattle, sthenic hsema- 



turia, due principally to the 

 astringent principle of the plants 

 and young trees which animals 

 eat ; so called in France as due to 

 animals eating the plant Genist- 

 ica Hispanica, his-pan'-ik-a (of 

 or from Hispania or Spain) : 

 Genista, n., jtn-tetf-ct (called in F. 

 plantegenet), a plant from which 

 the Plantagenets took their name: 

 Genista tinctoria, tinglc-tor'-i-a 

 (L. tinctorius, belonging to dyeing 

 from tingo, I dye), a dye-plant, 

 formerly known as ' dyer's green- 

 weed ' or ' dyer's broom. ' 



genial, a., j&n'-i-al (Gr. geneion, 

 the chin), of or belonging to the 

 chin : genio, jen'i-o, signifying 

 in compounds a connection with 

 the jaw : genio-hyo-glossus, hi-o- 

 glos'>sus (Gr. letter v, upsilon, or 

 Eng. u; glossa, the tongue), a 

 thin, flat, triangular muscle, so 

 named from its triple attachment 

 to the jaw, the hyoid bone, and 

 tongue : genio-hyoid, hi'-oyd, 

 (Gr. eidos, resemblance), a narrow, 

 slender muscle situated immed- 

 iately beneath the inner border 

 of the mylo-hyoid. 



genitals, n. plu., flthf-tt-tila (L. 

 genitdlis, serving to beget from 

 gigno, I beget), the parts of an 

 animal which are the immediate 

 instruments of generation. 



genito-crural, a., jen'it-d-krdr f -al 

 (L. genitdlis, serving to beget 

 from gigno, I beget), applied to a 

 nerve which belongs partly to the 

 external genital organs, and partly 

 to the thigh : genito indicates 

 connection with the genital 

 organs. 



Gentianacese, n. plu., j8n'shi-an- 

 af'SQ'G (after Gentius, the anc. 

 king of Illyria who first proved 

 its virtues), the Gentian family, 

 a well-known Order of plants, 

 principally herbaceous, distrib- 

 uted over nearly every part of the 

 world, prized for their beauty ; 

 many exhibit great variety of 

 colours, have a bitterness in their 



