Thallophyte

//ˈθæləfaɪt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "1994, Estrelita A. Madriaga, Anthony Lee, Felicitas B. Ventura, Orlando A. Oronce (coordinator), Biology: Science and Technology II, page 347, They lack the vascular tissues; thus, they are called thallophytes. Algae are thallophytes with chlorophyll. […] Fungi are thallophytes without chlorophyll."

  2. 2
    any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf wordnet

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amphibianannualbiennialcormophytecuttingdicotyledon

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"1994, Estrelita A. Madriaga, Anthony Lee, Felicitas B. Ventura, Orlando A. Oronce (coordinator), Biology: Science and Technology II, page 347, They lack the vascular tissues; thus, they are called thallophytes. Algae are thallophytes with chlorophyll. […] Fungi are thallophytes without chlorophyll."

Etymology

From translingual Thallophyta. Surface reading of thallus + -phyte (“plant”).

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non vascular plant

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