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Germination vs Protonema - What's the difference?

germination | protonema |

As nouns the difference between germination and protonema

is that germination is the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable while protonema is (botany) a filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts.

germination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
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    • Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination .

    protonema

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia protonema) (protonemata)
  • (botany) A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts
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