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zoöphyte

zoöphyte is the alternative spelling of zoophyte.

Meaning of zoophyte

Noun

zoophyte (plural zoophytes)

  1. (historical) An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and sea anemones.
  2. (historical) A plant believed to have the characteristics of an animal, especially a sensitive plant or vegetable lamb.
    • And besides, as there are many Zoophyts, and sensitive Plants […] so have we, in some Authors, Instances of Plants turning into Animals, and Animals into Plants, and the like […]1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XIX

Forms of zoöphyte

pluralzoöphytes

Origin of zoöphyte

From zoö- + -phyte.

Questions about zoöphyte

What is zoöphyte the alternative spelling of?
Zoöphyte is the alternative spelling of zoophyte.

Words near zoöphyte in the dictionary

  1. zoöphite
  2. zoöphites
  3. zoöphobia
  4. zoöphorous
  5. zoöphorouses
  6. zoöphyte
  7. zoöphytes
  8. zoöphytic
  9. zoöphytology
  10. zoöplankton
  11. zoöplanktons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoöphyte (page history and authors); zoophyte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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