Protophyte

[prәutәfait]

(n.) Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division.

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n. the first or lowest order of plants.—n.pl. Protoph′yta.—adj. Protophyt′ic.

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