noun
- plants that lack true roots, stems, and leaves, including algae, fungi, and lichens
Usage: botanical; technical
Examples
- Thallophytes represent some of the earliest forms of plant life on Earth.
- Marine biologists study various thallophytes found in ocean ecosystems.
- Unlike flowering plants, thallophytes do not have specialized tissue systems.
- Seaweed is a common example of thallophytes found along coastlines.
- The classification of thallophytes has evolved with advances in molecular biology.
- Students learned to identify different types of thallophytes under the microscope.