germ plasm

1. 1.

   the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes

   Synonymsplasm

   Broaderprotoplasm

Questions about germ plasm

What does germ plasm mean?

germ plasm means "the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes".

What is another word for germ plasm?

Close synonyms include plasm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is germ plasm a common word?

germ plasm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.