zoophyte
noun
any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant, as a coral or a sea anemone.
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What is time? the effusion of life zoophytic, In dreary pursuit of position or gain.
From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville