See Also: thallophyte(medicine)
thallophyte(dictionary)

thallophyte (iou)



thallophyte noun. M19.
[from mod. Latin Thallophyta (pl.), formed as THALLUS: see -PHYTE.]
Botany. A plant or plantlike organism consisting of a thallus; spec. one belonging to the former class Thallophyta, comprising algae, fungi, lichens, and bacteria.
thallophytic adjective L19.