asomatophyte

noun

¦ā +

plural -s

: a plant in which body and reproductive cells are not distinct and which lacking permanent tissue loses none of its capacity to grow and multiply compare somatophyte

Word History

Etymology

a- entry 2 + somat- + -phyte

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