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
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