zygophyte

/ˈzaɪɡə(ʊ)faɪt/

zygophyte

English Noun

Definition

Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.

Etymology

From zygo- (“union; pair”) + -phyte (“plant”).