Etymology

embryophyte

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Today it means: Any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants. Full definition →

translingual Embryophyta
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  1. translingual · learned borrowing fromEmbryophyta
  2. English todayembryophyte

Learned borrowing from translingual Embryophyta. By surface analysis, embryo- (“embryo”) + -phyte (“plant”)

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