zoophyte
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Origin of zoophyte
1615–25; < New Latin zōophyton < Greek zōióphyton. See zoo-, -phyte
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Androsaceus is from a Greek word which means an unidentified sea plant or zoophyte.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Every individual organism from the simple plant known as red snow to the oak, from the zoophyte to man is developed from such a cell.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
Elsley came, and looked; and when he looked he started, for it was the very same zoophyte which Thurnall had shown him on a certain memorable day.
From Two Years Ago, Volume II. by Charles Kingsley
It's a zoophyte, not a real sea-weed; and, indeed, not a vegetable at all, but the very lowest form of animal life.
From Bosom Friends A Seaside Story by Angela Brazil
Your highness must know that all the zoophyte, or animal plants, are composed of small insects, who work in millions under the water, until they rise to the top.
From The Pacha of Many Tales by Frederick Marryat
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