English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
zygo- (“union; pair”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/, /ˈzɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/
zygophyte (plural zygophytes)
- (botany) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.
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