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cryptophyte
[krip-tuh-fahyt]
noun
Botany.a plant that forms its reproductive structures, as corms or bulbs, underground or underwater.
Biology.cryptomonad.
cryptophyte
/ ˌkrɪptəˈfɪtɪk, ˈkrɪptəˌfaɪt /
noun
any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface
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Other Word Forms
- cryptophytic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cryptophyte1
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The B. natans nuclear genome is the first to be sequenced from a rhizarian protist, and the G. theta nuclear genome sequence is the first from a cryptophyte.
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Scholes hopes to investigate the issue by comparing antenna proteins isolated from species of cryptophyte algae that evolved at different times.
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