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prothallium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-thal-li-um
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle.

noun

The young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss.

Etymology

From Latin pro (“forwards”) + Ancient Greek θᾰλλός (thăllós, “young branch, twig”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

prothallia (plural)

Synonyms

prothallus

Questions

What does prothallium mean?
A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle.
Where does prothallium come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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