Cormophytes

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

  Cormophytes \Cor"mo*phytes\ (k[^o]r"m[-o]*f[imac]ts), Cormophyta
  \Cor*moph"y*ta\ (k[o^]r*m[o^]f"[i^]*t[.a]), n. pl. [NL.
     cormophyta, fr. Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + fyto`n plant.]
     (Bot.)
     A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an
     axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.


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