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Proembryo

Pro-em′bry-o

,
Noun.
[Pref.
pro-
+
embryo
. ]
(Bot.)
(a)
The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo.
(b)
The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants;
as, the
proembryo
, or protonema, of mosses
.

Definition 2024


proembryo

proembryo

English

Noun

proembryo (plural proembryos)

  1. (botany) A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo
  2. (botany) The protonema of mosses