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protonemal

Variant of protonema

noun pl. protonemata

Bot. a threadlike growth in mosses, arising from a spore and developing small buds that grow into leafy moss plants

Origin: ModL < Gr prōto-, proto- + nēma (gen. nēmatos), thread

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protonemal adjective

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