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Meaning of "prothallus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROTHALLUS

From New Latin, from pro- before + Greek thallus a young shoot.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PROTHALLUS

prəʊˈθæləs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROTHALLUS

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prothallus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROTHALLUS 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.

Definition of prothallus in the English dictionary

The definition of prothallus in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROTHALLUS

balas · Callas · callous · callus · Dallas · dalles · gallous · gallus · ithyphallus · Pallas · phallus · thallous · thallus

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROTHALLUS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROTHALLUS

actinobacillus · aspergillus · bacillus · Catullus · entellus · lactobacillus · lapillus · Lucullus · Marcellus · microvillus · nucellus · ocellus · pullus · streptobacillus · Tellus · thiobacillus · Tibullus · tubercle bacillus · villus · vitellus

Synonyms and antonyms of prothallus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «prothallus» into 25 languages

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原叶体
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prótalo
570 millions of speakers
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothalle
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Prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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Prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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प्राथेलस
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protallusu
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protallo
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallus
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prothallusen
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prothallus
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Trends of use of prothallus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTHALLUS»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTHALLUS»

Discover the use of prothallus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prothallus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biology: A Functional Approach. Students' Manual
In its structure the prothallus is on about the same level as a simple multicellular alga - very different from the much more elaborate sporophyte. B Examine a prepared whole mount and/or horizontal section of a prothallus. Observe anthcridiu ...
M. B. V. Roberts, T. J. King, 1987
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Competition Science Vision
Cap cell Antherozoids Fig. :~Dryoptori9— Antheridium and antherozoids (II) Archegonia — The archegonia are produced in the thickened portion of the prothallus, just behind the apical notch. Mature archegonium is a flask-shaped structure, ...
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Annals of Botany
Vols. 1-4 include section called Record of current literature.
Isaac Bayley Balfour, Roland Thaxter, Vernon Herbert Blackman, 1913
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Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection
271—73), showing the two equally developed cylindrical branches inclined to one another at an acute angle, the point of the angle being the first-formed part of the prothallus. The usual fungal zones extend up the outside of the two branches,  ...
‎1917
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University Botany I : (Algae, Fungi, Bryophyta And Pteridophyta)
The cells of filament divide irregularly to form irregular cushion like prothallus. Large number of rhizoids are borne on the lower surface of prothallus. Several lobe initials appear on the upper surface of prothallus. They divide and give rise to ...
S.M. Reddy, 2001
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Plant Physiology
Regeneration Experiments on Prothalli of Ferns A fern prothallus ( = gametophyte) is a haploid thallus of relatively simple organisation. It develops via a protonemal stage from a spore (see Fig. 19.5). We may ask whether the assimilatory ...
Hans Mohr, Peter Schopfer, 1995
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Algae, Fungi, Lichens, Microbiology, Plant Pathology, ...
Exercise 8 Object : Study of structure of prothallus. Work procedure Mount young prothallus, stain in fast green, mount in glycerine and study. Comments 1. It is formed after the germination of a spore and is thus a gametophytic structure. 2.
Ashok M. Bendre, Ashok Kumar, 2010
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Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment, ...
Meiosis Fertilization Underside of enlarged mature gametophyte (prothallus) Fern (mature sporophyte) HAPLOID (n) GAMETOPHYTE GENERATION DIPLOID (2n) SPOROPHYTE GENERATION Frond Roots Rhizome FIGURE 23-5 The fern  ...
Linda Berg, 2007
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Competition Science Vision
Cap cell Fig. : Dryopterls— Antheridium and antherozoids (ii) Archegonia — The archegonia are produced in the thickened portion of the prothallus, just behind the apical notch. Mature archegonium is a flask-shaped structure, lower swollen ...
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Botany For Degree Pteridophyta
The young prothallus is cordate but asymmetrical with one wing larger than the other or in extreme cases only one wing is developed. In some cases the marginal meristem becomes apical by unilateral growth of both the wings, thus making ...
Anil Kumar), 2012

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROTHALLUS»

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Ancient ferns offer elegant texture, color
Dust-like spores must land in a moist environment where they can grow into a vaguely heart-shaped plantlet known as a prothallus or gametophyte. This tiny ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, May 15»
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Calcium And Reproduction Go Together In Flowering Plants
In ferns, there is alternation of generations between the big plant that we see, the spermatophyte, and a tiny green prothallus that is usually overlooked, the ... «Science 2.0, Aug 14»
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Horsetails And The Hidden Marriage
If they land in a damp place, they may germinate to produce a tiny green gametophyte called a prothallus, a few millimetres across and only a few cells thick. «Science 2.0, May 11»
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