Thallophyte \Thal"lo*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + -phyte.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. -- {Thal`lo*phyt"ic}, a. Thallophyte \Thal"lo*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + ? plant.] (Bot.) Same as {Thallogen}.
thallophyte n : any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf