metaphyten.
/ˈmɛtəfʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌfaɪt/ Biology.
A multicellular plant.
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1881 Nature 26 May 73/1 Commencing with the Protista, the authors lead us through the Protophytes to the lower Metaphytes, which together constitute the artificial group of Cryptogams.
1897 Nat. Sci. Oct. 234 The higher animals and plants we term Metazoa and Metaphytes respectively.
1935 Jrnl. Ecol. 23 497 The emergence of the first metazoan or metaphyte from its single-celled ancestors.
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation xi. 225 The upper part of the mud is oxygenated to a depth of several inches..: the bacteria are aerobic and multicellular organisms (metazoans and metaphytes) can live there.
1992 Jrnl. Molecular Evol. 34 292 Within this lineage, metaphytes emerge late and as a cohesive group, after fungi (as a dispersed group) and metazoa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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