primordia
- plural of primordium.
Example Sentences
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Our data indicate that mature LTi cell numbers regulate the size of SLO primordia and may determine lymphoid organ size in adulthood.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
Bach was able to do this, and what emerged in the current were primordia in music.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
The particles of this "fire mist," as it is appropriately called, were the true primordia rerum,—the elements of the universe,—the principles of all the forms of inorganic matter and all organic things.
From A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' by Bowen, Francis
It is entirely possible that failure to form blossom buds is caused either by killing of bud primordia or more likely by depletion of carbohydrate reserves due to the loss of leaves in early fall.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association
A minute rounded mass appears in the center of the flower, perhaps primordia of abortive stamens, but this does not develop further.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
