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Protocorm vs Protoform - What's the difference?

protocorm | protoform |

As nouns the difference between protocorm and protoform

is that protocorm is (botany) a tuberous mass of cells that is the embryonic form of orchids and club mosses while protoform is (linguistics) a hypothetical form of a word, reconstructed from derived words.

protocorm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A tuberous mass of cells that is the embryonic form of orchids and club mosses
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    • References

    *OED (online) 2007

    protoform

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A hypothetical form of a word, reconstructed from derived words.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)