prochlorophyte

== English == === Etymology === From pro- (“earlier, prior”) +‎ chlorophyte, from chloro- (“green”) +‎ -phyte (“plant”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈklɒɹəfʌɪt/, /pɹəʊˈklɔːɹəfʌɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈklɔɹəˌfaɪt/ === Noun === prochlorophyte (plural prochlorophytes) (biology) a bright green cyanobacterium of the class Prochlorophyta, distinguished by the presence of both chlorophyll a and b and the lack of phycobilins (and so resembling the chloroplasts of higher plants)