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prochloron: Meaning and Definition of
pro•chlo•ron
Pronunciation: (prō-klôr'on, -klōr'-), [key]
— n. Biol.
- any spherical, photosynthetic, prokaryotic microorganism of the genus Prochloron, occurring in subtropical and tropical habitats in symbiosis with various invertebrates, esp. marine chordates, proposed as ancestral to the chloroplast of green algae and plants.
