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Thallophytic

Thallophyte \Thal"lo*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + -phyte.]

  1. (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. -- Thal`lo*phyt"ic, a.

  2. (Bot.) Same as Thallogen.

WordNet
thallophytic

adj. pertaining to or characteristic of thallophytes

Usage examples of "thallophytic".

Venus teemed with life, ranging from the microscopic, unicellular animalcules to gigantic, four-footed reptiles, which roamed through her great forests of fern and fungi, some of them feeding on these and other primordial thallophytic growths, some preying on these herbivora or on the lesser creatures coexistent with them on that planet.