cytococcus

cytococcus

English

Etymology

From cyto- +‎ -coccus.

Noun

cytococcus (plural cytococci)

1. (biology) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.
   • 1874, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man

     from the mixture of the two forms the parent-kernel (cytococcus) seems to originate

   • 1991, Pang-yen Huang, Bangyan Huang, and Qian Yang, editors, Proceedings of the International Citrus Symposium: Guangzhou, China, Nov. 5-8, 1990, International Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 524:

     After fertilization, cytococci divided speedily and free edosmosis with nuclei formed, started the growth of the embryo.

References

• cytococcus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913