PROTONEMA


Meaning of PROTONEMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌprō-tə-ˈnē-mə ]

noun

( plural pro·to·ne·ma·ta -ˈnē-mə-tə, -ˈne-)

Etymology: New Latin protonemat-, protonema, from prot- + Greek nēma thread — more at nemat-

Date: 1857

: the primary usually filamentous thalloid stage of the gametophyte in mosses and in some liverworts comparable to the prothallus in ferns

• pro·to·ne·mal -ˈnē-məl adjective

• pro·to·ne·ma·tal -ˈnē-mə-t ə l, -ˈne- adjective

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