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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 mossesDefinition 2024
proembryo
proembryo
English
Noun
proembryo (plural proembryos)
- (botany) A cluster of cells in the ovule of a fertilized flowering plant that has not yet formed into an embryo
- (botany) The protonema of mosses