Protonemata
noun, plural protonemata
[proh-tuh-nee-muh-tuh] /ˌproʊ təˈni mə tə/ (Show IPA). Botany.
1.
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.
noun (pl) -nemata (-ˈniːmətə)
1.
a branched threadlike structure that grows from a moss spore and eventually develops into the moss plant
protonema
(prō’tə-nē’mə)
Plural protonemata (prō’tə-nē’mə-tə, -něm’ə-)
The green filamentous or flat, thallus-like structure that grows from the germinated spores of liverworts and mosses and eventually gives rise to a mature gametophyte.
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