"thallophyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθæləfaɪt/ Forms: thallophytes [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Thallophyta. Surface reading of thallus + -phyte (“plant”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|mul|-}} translingual, {{taxlink|Thallophyta|group}} Thallophyta, {{suffix|en|thallus|phyte|t2=plant}} thallus + -phyte (“plant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} thallophyte (plural thallophytes)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: thallophyte Categories (topical): Botany Synonyms (plant consisting of thallus only): thallogen Related terms: thallus, bryophyte, cryptogam, non-vascular plant, pteridophyte, spermatophyte Coordinate_terms: cormophyte Translations (plant consisting of thallus only): sekovartinen (Finnish), tallofyytti (Finnish), Thallophyt [masculine] (German), Thalluspflanze [feminine] (German), tallofita [feminine] (Italian), ریسهدار (rise-dâr) (Persian), suwihan (Tagalog), talofüt (Volapük)

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