different between oophyte vs zoophyte
oophyte
English
Alternative forms
- oöphyte
Etymology
oo- (“egg”) +? -phyte (“plant”)
Noun
oophyte (plural oophytes)
- (obsolete, biology) gametophyte
oophyte From the web:
- what does neophyte mean
- what is neophyte mean
- definition neophyte
zoophyte
English
Alternative forms
- zoöphyte
- zoophite
- zoöphite
Etymology
From zoo- +? -phyte, after Middle French zoophyte; later reinforced by scientific Latin Zoophyta.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?z???fa?t/, /?zu?fa?t/
Noun
zoophyte (plural zoophytes)
- (biology, historical) An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and sea anemones. [from 17th c.]
- (biology, historical) A plant believed to have the characteristics of an animal, especially a sensitive plant or vegetable lamb. [from 17th c.]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XIX:
- And besides, as there are many Zoophyts, and sensitive Plants […] so have we, in some Authors, Instances of Plants turning into Animals, and Animals into Plants, and the like […]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XIX:
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zoophyte From the web:
- what does zoophyte
- what means zoophyte
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