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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Thallophyte \Thal"lo*phyte\, noun [Gr. ? young shoot + -phyte.]
1. (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. -- {Thal'lo*phyt"ic}, adjective [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Bot.) Same as {Thallogen}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
thallophyte
noun: any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf
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