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Carpophyte
Pronunciation : Car"po*phyte
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Note: The division of alge and fungi into four classes called Carpophytes, O?phytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or Carpospore?, O?spore?, Protophyta, and Zygospore?) was proposed by Sachs about 1875.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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