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hysterophyte Bot.|ˈhɪstərəfaɪt|
[ad. mod. L. hysterophytum, pl. -phyta (Fries 1821), f. Gr. ὑστέρα womb + ϕυτόν plant: see quot. 1855.]
A plant of the class Hysterophyta or Fungi; any fungus growing upon, and deriving its nourishment from, organic matter.
1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Hysterophytum, applied by Fries to mushrooms..because, according to him, they cannot grow but at the cost of some organized body living or dead, which serves them in some sort for a womb; a hysterophyte. |