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PRONUNCIATION OF PROTHALLIUM

prothallium  [prəʊˈθælɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROTHALLIUM

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Prothallium is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PROTHALLIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prothallium

A prothallium, or prothallus (from Latin pro = forwards and Greek θαλλος (thallos) = twig) is usually the gametophyte stage in the life of a fern or other pteridophyte. Occasionally the term is also used to describe the young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss as well. The prothallium develops from a germinating spore. It is a short-lived and inconspicuous heart-shaped structure typically 2-5 millimeters wide, with a number of rhizoids (root-like hairs) growing underneath, and the sex organs: archegonium (female) and antheridium (male). Appearance varies quite a lot between species. Some are green and conduct photosynthesis while others are colorless and nourish themselves underground as saprotrophs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROTHALLIUM


allium
ˈælɪəm
bdellium
ˈdɛlɪəm
beryllium
bɛˈrɪlɪəm
endothelium
ˌɛndəʊˈθiːlɪəm
epithelium
ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm
gallium
ˈɡælɪəm
helium
ˈhiːlɪəm
ilium
ˈɪlɪəm
linoleum
lɪˈnəʊlɪəm
mausoleum
ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm
oleum
ˈəʊlɪəm
pallium
ˈpælɪəm
petroleum
pəˈtrəʊlɪəm
psyllium
ˈsɪlɪəm
Sealyham
ˈsiːlɪəm
tetrazolium
ˌtɛtrəˈzəʊlɪəm
thallium
ˈθælɪəm
thulium
ˈθjuːlɪəm
Valium
ˈvælɪəm
verticillium
ˌvɜːtɪˈsɪlɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROTHALLIUM

prothalamia
prothalamion
prothalamium
prothalli
prothallia
prothallial
prothallic
prothalloid
prothallus
prothesis
prothetic
prothetically
prothonotarial
prothonotariat
prothonotaries
prothonotary
prothoraces
prothoracic
prothorax
prothrombin

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROTHALLIUM

berkelium
cilium
dentalium
dolium
folium
gnaphalium
magnalium
mesothelium
milium
mycelium
nobelium
peculium
penicillium
reptilium
scholium
simulium
subsellium
taurobolium
telium
trillium

Synonyms and antonyms of prothallium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «prothallium» into 25 languages

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原叶体
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Translator English - Spanish

protalo
570 millions of speakers

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prothallium
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prothallium
380 millions of speakers
ar

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prothallium
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protalo
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prothallium
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prothallium
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Prothallium
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Prothallium
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Translator English - Japanese

前葉体
130 millions of speakers

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prothallium
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Prothallium
85 millions of speakers
vi

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prothallium
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prothallium
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Translator English - Marathi

प्रथिथियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prothallium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

protallo
65 millions of speakers

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prothallium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prothallium
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prothallium
30 millions of speakers
el

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prothallium
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prothallium
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prothallium
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prothallium
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTHALLIUM»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTHALLIUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prothallium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTHALLIUM»

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Annals of Botany
Previous to the formation of the cell-plates, it is difficult to distinguish between the primary and the secondary prothallia, but after free cell-formation has ceased in the primary prothallium, the form of the secondary prothallium becomes well ...
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, Roland Thaxter, Vernon Herbert Blackman, 1904
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Morphological studies of Lygodium palmatum
Branched prothallium. X 340. Fig. l2. Branched prothallium. X 420. Fig. l3. Lateral view of a prothallium showing the cell mass. X ll4. Fig. l4. Stage corresponding to that of figures 7 and 8, the prothallium initial having developed in another way.
Lenette May Rogers, 1922
3
Studies on the Ophioglossaceae
A four-celled prothallium of O. moluccanum, seen in transverse optical section. Fig. 7. Two views of a similar stage. Fig. 8. Two transverse optical sections of a four-celled prothallium. Fig. 9. Three-celled prothallium of 0. intermedium. Figs.
Douglas Houghton Campbell, 1907
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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
1910. 16. Holloway, J. E., A comparative study of the anatomy of six New Zealand species of Lycopodium. Trans. New Zealand Inst. 42:356-370. ph. 31-34- 191°- EXPLANATION OF PLATES II-III Fig. 1. — Lycopodium later ale: prothallium with  ...
John Merle Coulter, Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1917
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A Student's text-book of botany
one prothallium bears both male and female reproductive organs. The morphology of the prothallium varies widely in these forms : it may be a branched cellular filament (some Hymenophyllaceae), or a flattened expansion ( Equisetinae, most ...
Sydney Howard Vines, 1896
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Text-book of Botany: Morphological and Physiological
The Female Prothallium is formed within the apical papilla of the macrospore from a small part of its protoplasm, and only partially emerges at a later period from the spore-cavity, but remains united with the latter, closing it by its basal surface, ...
Julius Sachs, Sydney Howard Vines, 1882
7
Phytography as a Fine Art
part, not free growing, but developing by a kind of internal germination from a fertilised egg-cell, either within a free tuberous pro- thallium or within a prothallium which remains more or less enclosed in a megaspore (or embryo-sac ) or even ...
Jan Willem Moll, Johannes Cornelis Schoute, 1934
8
A Laboratory Manual in Elementary Biology
which has developed from a protonema (ob'phore or prothallium). Observe its size, shape, and general appearance. Note the rhizoids. Sketch the prothallium. ( d) Examine the prothallium with its lower surface upward and note the shape of the ...
Emanuel Roth Boyer
9
The Plant, Volume 1
prothallium. It, too, shows us that its development is away from the light. It becomes the carrier of a real fertilisation process; on its underside antheridia and archegonia are formed. The antheridia discharge antherozoids furnished with tails and ...
Gerbert Grohmann
10
The Classification of Flowering Plants
Archegonia, generally three to six in number, are developed from peripheral cells of the prothallium below the micropyle. An outer neck-cell is cut off by a periclinal wall and becomes divided by an anticlinal wall to form a two-celled neck.
Alfred Barton Rendle, 1967

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROTHALLIUM»

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Pteridomaniacs fond of fronds
When the spores fall, one in a few million germinates and grows into a tiny heart-shaped plant called a prothallium. It is these plants that produce the male and ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 14»
2
Trekking back in time among Okinawa's fronded wonders
If spores make successful landfall in suitably rich and moist soil, they quickly develop into what is called a prothallium. This is the gametophyte — the small, ... «The Japan Times, Aug 13»
3
Die Pflanze von nebenan (3)
Dieses Verhalten eines ausgeprägten so genannten Generationswechsels (selbstständiges Prothallium und eigentliche Farnpflanze) ist allen Farnen (sog. «Neue Nordhäuser Zeitung, Jan 12»

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