Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In botany, a multicellular plant: corresponding to metazoön in zoölogy. See Metaphyta.

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  • noun biology Any multicellular plant

Etymologies

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meta- + -phyte

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Examples

  • Yochelson et al. 1993 interpreted the remains to be “metaphyte or metazoan body fossils and/or trace fossils, although evidence of their organic origin is still not conclusive.”

    Glacier National Park Geology & Paleontology: Part 3 - Appekunny and Grinnell ReBecca Foster 2008

  • Yochelson et al. 1993 interpreted the remains to be “metaphyte or metazoan body fossils and/or trace fossils, although evidence of their organic origin is still not conclusive.”

    Archive 2008-08-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

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