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Protonema

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Protonema'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/protonema.html. 1828.