Carpophyte

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carpophyte \Car"po*phyte\ (k[aum]r"p[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr.
     karpo`s fruit + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.)
     A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of
     fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the {Ascomycetes}, etc.
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     Note: The division of alg[ae] and fungi into four classes
           called Carpophytes, Oophytes, Protophytes, and
           Zygophytes (or Carpospore[ae], Oospore[ae], Protophyta,
           and Zygospore[ae]) was proposed by Sachs about 1875.
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