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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prothallus /prəʊˈθaləs/

▶noun (pl. prothalli /-lʌɪ, -liː/) Botany the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.

– derivatives
prothallial adjective.

– origin C19: mod. L., from pro-2 + Gk thallos ‘green shoot’.

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