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CIDE DICTIONARY
protophyte, n. [Proto- + Gr. a plant.].
     Any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division.  [1913 Webster]
    " The protophytes (Protophyta) are by some botanists considered an independent branch or class of the vegetable kingdom, and made to include the lowest forms of both fungi and algæ, as slime molds, Bacteria, the nostocs, etc. Cf. Carpophyte, and Oöphyte."  [1913 Webster]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
protophyte, n. a unicellular plant bearing gametes.

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