the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Pertaining to gems; of the nature of gems; resembling gems.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to gems; of the nature of or resembling gems; gem-like.
Word Usage
"Han dynasty asserted that a hare inhabited the surface of the moon, and later Taoist fable depicted this animal, called the gemmeous hare, as the servitor of the genii, who employ it in pounding the drugs which compose the elixir of life."