Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf. Oophyte.
Origin: Gr. A yoke + fyton a plant.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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