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zygophyte
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zygophyte, n. [Gr. zygo`n a yoke + fyto`n a plant.].
Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes , Zygophyta , or Zygosporeæ ), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oöphyte. [1913 Webster]
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