"protocorm" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22",
          "text": "Orchids rely on fungi to reproduce. Their tiny seeds don't have any on-board nutrients (like beans and apples) and will not germinate until they are infected by a symbiotic fungus which supplies them with food. Known as a protocorm, this tiny orchid-fungus ball grows, turns green and eventually starts to photosynthesise.",
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        "A tuberous mass of cells that is the embryonic form of orchids and club mosses"
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        "(botany) A tuberous mass of cells that is the embryonic form of orchids and club mosses"
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