Meaning Of The Word Protonema

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protonema in American English
a threadlike growth in mosses, arising from a spore and developing small buds that grow into leafy moss plants
noun: 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

protonema in British English
noun: a branched threadlike structure that grows from a moss spore and eventually develops into the moss plant

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