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GERM PLASM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does germ plasm mean?
• GERM PLASM (noun)
The noun GERM PLASM has 1 sense:
1. the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
Familiarity information: GERM PLASM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
germ plasm; plasm
Hypernyms ("germ plasm" is a kind of...):
living substance; protoplasm (the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus))
Context examples
And that the germ plasm is different from the parthenogenetic egg?
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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