haplobiontic
/ˌhaplə(ʊ)bʌɪˈɒntɪk/ /ˌhaplə(ʊ)bɪˈɒntɪk/Biology
adjective
Designating a plant or fungus whose life cycle involves only one type of organism (which may be either haploid or diploid), without alternation of distinct free-living generations.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From haplo- + -biont + -ic, after German haplobiontisch.
- open cut
- open cycle
- open date
- open-dated
- open dating
- open day
- open daylight
- open diapason
- open door
- open-doored
- open doors (or the door)
- opened-out
- opened-up
- open-end
- open-ended
- open-endedness
- open enrollment
- opener
- opener-up
- opener-upper
- open-eyed
- open-eyedly
- open-face
- open-faced
- open-faced sandwich