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Webster 1913 Edition

Protonema

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Proˊto-ne′ma

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Noun.
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pl.
Protonemata
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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] first + [GREEK], [GREEK], a thread.]
(Bot.)
The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed.

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