PROTONEMA


Meaning of PROTONEMA in English

[pro.to.ne.ma] n, pl -ne.ma.ta [NL protonemat-, protonema, fr. prot- + Gk nema thread--more at neMAT-] (1857): the primary usu. filamentous thalloid stage of the gametophyte in mosses and in some liverworts comparable to the prothallium in ferns -- pro.to.ne.mal adj -- pro.to.ne.ma.tal adj

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