schizophyte

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/ˈskɪtsəʊˌfaɪt/

noun

Any of a class of primitive organisms that reproduce solely by fission.

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Meanings

nounschizophyte (plural schizophytes)

plural schizophytes

  1. datedbiologyAny of a class of primitive organisms that reproduce solely by fission.

    Of 100 flagellates observed, stained so as to demonstrate Fusiformis unmistakably, 22 had an abundance of the schizophyte, 78 had none or very few. Many flagellates had a few forms identical in appearance with Fusiformis hilli adherent by one end to the posterior end of the body.

    1940, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, volume 81, page 14

Origin

From schizo- (“split, cleft”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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