different between plants vs zoophyte

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pl??nts/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /plænts/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): /ple?nts/

Noun

plants

1. plural of plant

Verb

plants

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plant

French

Noun

plants m

1. plural of plant

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)

1. (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.]
2. (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 […]

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