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thallophytes

thallophytes is the plural of thallophyte.

Meaning of thallophyte

Noun

thallophyte (plural thallophytes)

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

Questions about thallophytes

What is thallophytes the plural of?
Thallophytes is the plural of thallophyte.

Words near thallophytes in the dictionary

  1. thalloidal
  2. thallome
  3. thallomes
  4. Thalloo
  5. thallophyte
  6. thallophytes
  7. thallophytic
  8. thallose
  9. thallospore
  10. thallospores
  11. thallotoxicosis

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