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prokaryotic

pro·kar·y·ote
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [proh-kar-ee-oht, -ee-uh t]
    • /proʊˈkær iˌoʊt, -i ət/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [proh-kar-ee-oht, -ee-uh t]
    • /proʊˈkær iˌoʊt, -i ət/

Definition of prokaryotic word

  • noun prokaryotic any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae. 1
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A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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  • blue-green algae

    any of a division (Cyanophycota) of photosynthetic monerans, microorganisms that contain a blue pigment which obscures the chlorophyll; cyanobacteria

  • monera

    a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.

  • nucleoid

    the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.

  • plastid

    a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.

  • prochloron

    any spherical, photosynthetic, prokaryotic microorganism of the genus Prochloron, occurring in subtropical and tropical habitats in symbiosis with various invertebrates, especially marine chordates, proposed as ancestral to the chloroplast of green algae and plants.
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