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English
Etymology
zygo- (“union; pair”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/, /ˈzɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/
Noun
zygophyte (plural zygophytes)
- (botany, obsolete) Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.
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