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prothalli

prothalli


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prothallus  \Pro*thal"lus\,  n.;  pl  {Prothalli}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ? 
  before  +  ?  a  young  shoot.]  (Bot.) 
  The  minute  primary  growth  from  the  spore  of  ferns  and  other 
  Pteridophyta,  which  bears  the  true  sexual  organs;  the 
  o["o]phoric  generation  of  ferns,  etc