Myxophyta

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

  Myxophyta \Myx*oph"y*ta\, n. pl. [NL.; Gr. ? mucus, slime + ?
     plant.] (Bot.)
     A phylum of the vegetable kingdom consisting of the class
     Myxomycetes. By some botanists it is not separated from the
     Thallophyta.
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