prokaryote

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun prokaryote has 1 sense

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prokaryote, n. (also procaryote) an organism in which the chromosomes are not separated from the cytoplasm by a membrane; a bacterium (cf. EUKARYOTE).

Derivative
prokaryotic adj.
Etymology
PRO-(2) + KARYO- + - ote as in ZYGOTE

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