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Protophyte
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What's The Definition Of Protophyte?Synonyms | Synonyms for Protophyte: Related Terms | Find terms related to Protophyte: See Also | Protophyte In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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