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单词 prothallium
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pro•thal•li•um  (prō thalē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -thal•li•a 
    (-thalē ə).USA pronunciation 
  1. Botanythe gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
  2. Botanythe analogous rudimentary gametophyte of seed-bearing plants.
  • Greek pro- pro-2 + thallíon, diminutive of thallós young shoot; see -ium
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1855–60;
pro•thalli•al, pro•thallic, pro•thal•line  (prō thalēn, -īn),USA pronunciation adj.  pro•thalloid, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pro•thal•lus  (prō thaləs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -thal•li (-thalī).USA pronunciation [Bot.]
  1. Botanyprothallium.
  • Neo-Latin; see pro-, thallus
  • 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
prothallus /prəʊˈθæləs/, prothallium /prəʊˈθælɪəm/ n ( pl -li / -laɪ/, -lia / -lɪə/)
  1. the small flat free-living gametophyte that bears the reproductive organs of ferns, horsetails, and club mosses. It is either a green disc on the soil surface or it is colourless and subterranean
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin, from pro- before + Greek thallus a young shoot
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