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thallophyte

thal·lop·hyte

UK/ˈθæləfaɪt/ uncommon

noun

1.

any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf

Origin

From translingual Thallophyta. Surface reading of thallus + -phyte (“plant”).

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