- asomatophyte
- \\|ā+\ noun
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: a plant in which body and reproductive cells are not distinct and which lacking permanent tissue loses none of its capacity to grow and multiply — compare somatophyte
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asomatophyte
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asomatophyte — aso·ma·to·phyte (a soґmə to fīt″) [a 1 + somato + phyte] a plant in which there is no distinction between body and reproductive cells … Medical dictionary
asomatous — a. incorporeal; lacking body. ♦ asomatophyte, n. Botany, plant in which body and reproductive cells are undifferentiated … Dictionary of difficult words
somatophyte — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷d.əˌfīt noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary somat + phyte : a plant composed of somatic cells that develop chiefly into adult tissue all higher plants are somatophytes compare asomatophyte … Useful english dictionary
