carpophyte

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carpophyte, n. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + fyto`n plant.].

 A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.  [1913 Webster]
" The division of algæ and fungi into four classes called Carpophytes, Oöphytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or Carposporeæ, Oösporeæ, Protophyta, and Zygosporeæ) was proposed by Sachs about 1875."  [1913 Webster]