THALLOPHYTE

thallophyte

(noun) any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

thallophyte (plural thallophytes)

(botany) Any of very many primitive plants that consist of a thallus (plant body not differentiated into roots, stems and leaves), formerly collected in the obsolete taxonomic group Thallophyta.

Synonyms

• (plant consisting of thallus only): thallogen

Coordinate terms

• cormophyte

Source: Wiktionary


Thal"lo*phyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: Same as Thallogen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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