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Prothallus

A gametophyte body, especially in ferns and related plants.

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prothallus
Biology; Cell biology

In ferns, a small heart-shaped bisexual gametophyte.

prothallus
Plants; Botany

A gametophyte body, especially in ferns and related plants.

prothallus
Biology; General

In ferns, a small heart-shaped bisexual gametophyte.

prothallus
Garden; Gardening

A cellular, usually flat and thallus-like growth, resulting from the germination of a spore, upon which are developed sexual organs or new plants. The gametophyte stage of ferns.

prothallus
Language; Dictionaries

The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc.

prothallus
Science; General science

A small flattened multicellular structure that represents the independent gametophyte generation of clubmosses, horsetails, and ferns. In some of these plants a single prothallus ...

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