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THALLOPHYTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Thallophyta" is a kind of...):
division ((botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum)
Holonyms ("Thallophyta" is a member of...):
kingdom Plantae; plant kingdom; Plantae ((botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants)