schizophyte
English
Etymology
schizo- (“split, cleft”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskɪtsəʊˌfaɪt/
Noun
schizophyte (plural schizophytes)
- (dated, biology) Any of a class of primitive organisms that reproduce solely by fission.
- 1940, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, volume 81, page 14:
- 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.
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Derived terms
- schizophytic