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prothallus

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Noun
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pro=thal=lus
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CIDE DICTIONARY
prothallus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. before + a young shoot.].
     The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oöphoric generation of ferns, etc.  [1913 Webster]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
prothallus, n. (pl. prothalli) Bot. the gametophyte of certain plants, esp. a fern.

Etymology
mod.L f. PRO-(2) + Gk thallos green shoot
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