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CarpophyteCarpophyte Car"po*phyte (k[add]r"p[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr.
karpo`s fruit + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.)
A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of
fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Note: The division of alg[ae] and fungi into four classes
called Carpophytes, O["o]phytes, Protophytes, and
Zygophytes (or Carpospore[ae], O["o]spore[ae],
Protophyta, and Zygospore[ae]) was proposed by Sachs
about 1875. Cormophytes
Cormophytes Cor"mo*phytes (k[^o]r"m[-o]*f[imac]ts), Cormophyta
Cor*moph"y*ta (k[o^]r*m[o^]f"[i^]*t[.a]), n. pl. [NL.
cormophyta, fr. Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + fyto`n plant.]
(Bot.)
A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an
axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.
Dermatophyte
Dermatophyte Der*mat"o*phyte, n. [Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin +
fyto`n plant.] (Med.)
A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.
Dermophyte
Dermophyte Der"mo*phyte, n.
A dermatophyte.
Emphyteusis
Emphyteusis Em`phy*teu"sis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., an
implanting, fr. ? to plant or improve land; ? in + ? to
plant.] (Rom. Law)
A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent,
charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled
with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking
care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small
rent. --Heumann.
Emphyteutic
Emphyteutic Em`phy*teu"tic, a. [L. emphyteuticus.]
Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.
Emphyteuticary
Emphyteuticary Em`phy*teu"ti*ca*ry, n. [L. emphyteuticarius,
a.]
One who holds lands by emphyteusis.
Entophyte
Entophyte En"to*phyte, n. [Ento- + Gr. ? a plant.] (Med.)
A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
Eophyte
Eophyte E"o*phyte, n. [Gr. ? dawn + ? a plant.] (Paleon.)
A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the
Silurian age.
Gametophyte
Gametophyte Ga*me"to*phyte, n. [Gamete + Gr. fyto`n plant.]
(Bot.)
In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation
or phase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the
alg[ae], the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant
body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it
is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed
plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.
Halophyte
Halophyte Hal"o*phyte, n. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, salt + ? a
plant.] (Bot.)
A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea.
Hydrophyte
Hydrophyte Hy"dro*phyte, n. [Gr. ? + ? plant: cf. F.
hydrophyte.]
An aquatic plant; an alga.
HysterophyteHysterophyte Hys*ter"o*phyte, n. [Gr. ? following + ? plant.]
(Bot.)
A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living
organic matter. -- Hys`ter*oph"y*tal, a. Keratophyte
Keratophyte Ker"a*to*phyte, n. [Gr. ke`ras, -atos, a horn + ?
a plant.] (Zo["o]l.)
A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.
Lithophyte
Lithophyte Lith"o*phyte, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? plant: cf. F.
lithophyte.] (Zo["o]l.)
A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians,
corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a
calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines
are animals.
Microphyte
Microphyte Mi"cro*phyte, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? a plant: cf. F.
microphyte.] (Bot.)
A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular alg[ae], such
as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to
be.
MyrmecophyteMyrmecophyte Myr"me*co*phyte`, n. [Gr. my`rmhx, my`rmhkos, ant
+ fyto`n plant.] (Bot.)
A plant that affords shelter and food to certain species of
ants which live in symbiotic relations with it. Special
adaptations for this purpose exist; thus, Acacia
spadicigera has large hollows thorns, and species of
Cecropia have stem cavities. -- Myr`me*co*phyt"ic, a. Phytelephas
Phytelephas Phy*tel"e*phas, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a plant + ? the
elephant; also, ivory.] (Bot.)
A genus of South American palm trees, the seeds of which
furnish the substance called vegetable ivory.
ProtophyteProtophyte Pro"to*phyte, n. [Proto- + Gr. ? a plant.] (Bot.)
Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium,
having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell
division.
Note: The protophytes (Protophyta) are by some botanists
considered an independent branch or class of the
vegetable kingdom, and made to include the lowest forms
of both fungi and alg[ae], as slime molds, Bacteria,
the nostocs, etc. Cf. Carpophyte, and O["o]phyte. PteridophytePteridophyta Pter`i*doph"y*ta, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?, ?, a
fern + ? a plant.] (Bot.)
A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails,
club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note
under Cryptogamia. -- Pter"i*do*phyte`, n.
Note: This is a modern term, devised to replace the older
ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia. Saprophyte
Saprophyte Sap"ro*phyte, n. [Gr. sapro`s rotten + fyto`n a
plant.] (Bot.)
Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as
most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as
the Indian pipe.
Schizophyte
Schizophyte Schiz"o*phyte, n. [Schizo- + Gr. ? a plant.]
(Biol.)
One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification
of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that
multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.
SpermatophyteSpermatophyte Sper"ma*to"phyte`, n.
Any plant of the phylum Spermatophyta. --
Sper`ma*to*phyt"ic, a. Spermophyte
Spermophyte Sper"mo*phyte, n. (Bot.)
Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently
proposed to replace ph[ae]nogam.
SporophyteSporophyte Spo"ro*phyte, n. [Spore + Gr. ? plant.] (Bot.)
In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the
generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to
gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life
cycle of the lower plants. -- Spo`ro*phyt"ic, a. ThallophyteThallophyte Thal"lo*phyte, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + -phyte.]
(Bot.)
A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. -- Thal`lo*phyt"ic,
a. ThallophyteThallophyte Thal"lo*phyte, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + ? plant.]
(Bot.)
Same as Thallogen. ZoophyteZoophyte o"["o]*phyte, n. [F. zoophyte, Gr. ?; zw^,on an
animal + ? plant, akin to ? to be born, to be. See Zodiac,
and Be, v. i.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which
more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of
growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones,
hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of
those that form compound colonies having a branched or
treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.
(b) Any one of the Zo["o]phyta. ZygophytesZyophyte y"o*phyte, n. [Gr. ? a yoke + fyto`n a plant.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of a proposed class or grand division
(Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygospore[ae]), in which
reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf.
O["o]phyte. Zymophyte
Zymophyte ym"o*phyte, n. [Zyme + Gr. fyto`n a plant.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A bacteroid ferment.
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