thallophyte

thallophyte
noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek thallos + phyton plant — more at phyt- Date: 1854 any of a group of plants or plantlike organisms (as algae and fungi) that lack differentiated stems, leaves, and roots and that were formerly classified as a primary division (Thallophyta) of the plant kingdom • thallophytic adjective

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  • Thallophyte — Thal lo*phyte, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + phyte.] 1. (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. {Thal lo*phyt ic}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Bot.) Same as {Thallogen}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • thallophyte — ● thallophyte nom féminin Végétal pluricellulaire dont le corps végétatif est un thalle. (L embranchement des thallophytes, très hétérogène, comprend les algues, pourvues de chlorophylle, les champignons, qui n en ont pas, et les lichens, qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • thallophyte — [thal′ə fīt΄] n. [< Gr thallos, young shoot (see THALLIUM) + PHYTE] any of a subkingdom (Thallobionta) of nonvascular plants showing no clear distinction of roots, stem, or leaves and not producing flowers or seeds: it includes the fungi,… …   English World dictionary

  • Thallophyte — Les thallophytes est un groupe polyphylétique d organismes non mobiles traditionnellement décrites « plantes inférieures » non vascularisées, sans feuille, ni tige, ni racine, possédant un corps indifférencié (thalle). Ils sont issus d… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thallophyte — The thallophytes are a polyphyletic group of non mobile organisms traditionally described as relatively simple plants or lower plants with undifferentiated bodies (thalli). They were a defunct division of Kingdom Plantae, the Thallophyta (or… …   Wikipedia

  • thallophyte — thallophytic /thal euh fit ik/, adj. /thal euh fuyt /, n. any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens. [1850 55; < NL Thallophyta group name. See THALLUS, O , PHYTE] * * * …   Universalium

  • thallophyte — noun Any of a large number of plants that consist of a thallus only, with no flower, leaves etc. Syn: thallogen …   Wiktionary

  • thallophyte — A member of the division Thallophyta. * * * thal·lo·phyte (thalґo fīt) [thallo + phyte] an individual of the Thallophyta …   Medical dictionary

  • thallophyte — n. (Botany) plant from the phylum of Thallophyta (algae, fungi and lichens) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • thallophyte — [ θalə(ʊ)fʌɪt] noun Botany a plant consisting of a thallus. Origin C19: from mod. L. Thallophyta (former taxon), from Gk thallos (see thallus) + phyte …   English new terms dictionary

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