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Carpophyte

Car′po-phyte

(kär′pō̍-līt)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
καρπόσ
fruit +
φυτόν
plant.]
(Bot.)
A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the
Ascomycetes
, etc.
☞ The division of algæ and fungi into four classes called Carpophytes, Oophytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or
Carposporeæ
,
Oosporeæ
,
Protophyta
, and
Zygosporeæ
) was proposed by Sachs about 1875.

Definition 2024


carpophyte

carpophyte

English

Noun

carpophyte (plural carpophytes)

  1. (botany) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.