PROTONEMA


Meaning of PROTONEMA in English

— protonemal , adj.

/proh'teuh nee"meuh/ , n. , pl. protonemata /-meuh teuh/ . Bot.

a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.

[ 1855-60; proto- PROTO- + nêma thread ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .