zygophyte

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zygophyte, n. [Gr. zygo`n a yoke + fyto`n a plant.].

Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeæ), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oöphyte. [1913 Webster]

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