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Webster 1913 Edition
Schizomycetes
‖
Schizˊo-my-ce′tes
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] to split + [GREEK], -[GREEK], a fungus.]
(Biol.)
An order of
Schizophyta
, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta
, in the Supplement.