| CHAMAEPHYTE | • chamaephyte n. (Botany) Any low perennial plant whose buds overwinter just above soil level. • CHAMAEPHYTE n. a winter-flowering plant. |
| CHONDROCYTE | • chondrocyte n. (Biology) A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage. • CHONDROCYTE n. a cartilage cell. |
| CHRYSOPHYTE | • chrysophyte n. Any golden alga of the class Chrysophyceae. • CHRYSOPHYTE n. a type of golden-brown alga. |
| CRYPTOPHYTE | • cryptophyte n. (Biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water. • cryptophyte n. (Biology) A cryptomonad. • CRYPTOPHYTE n. any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface. |
| CYCADOPHYTE | • cycadophyte n. (Botany) Any plant of the division Cycadophyta; a cycad. • CYCADOPHYTE n. any of a division of usually unbranched mostly extinct gymnosperms. |
| ELECTROCYTE | • electrocyte n. (Anatomy) A modified striated muscle cell that does not contract, but produces electric signals; the… • ELECTROCYTE n. a specialized muscle or nerve cell that generates electricity. |
| ELECTROLYTE | • electrolyte n. (Chemistry) A substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity. • electrolyte n. (Chemistry) A solution containing such substances, which therefore also conducts electricity. • electrolyte n. (Chemistry, often) Any of the various ions in such a solution, or (metonymically) their concentration therein. |
| EMBRYOPHYTE | • embryophyte n. (Botany) Any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants. • EMBRYOPHYTE n. any green photosynthetic organism which begins the development of the sporophyte generation within the archegonium. |
| ERYTHROCYTE | • erythrocyte n. (Hematology, cytology) A hemoglobin-containing cell, especially as found in humans but more generally… • ERYTHROCYTE n. a red blood corpuscle. |
| GAMETOPHYTE | • gametophyte n. (Botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order… • GAMETOPHYTE n. the haploid stage in the life cycle of an organism undergoing alternations of generations. |
| GRANULOCYTE | • granulocyte n. (Cytology, immunology) Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm. • GRANULOCYTE n. a kind of white blood cell. |
| POIKILOCYTE | • poikilocyte n. (Physiology) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably… • POIKILOCYTE n. an irregular red blood corpuscle. |
| PSAMMOPHYTE | • psammophyte n. (Botany) Any plant which thrives in sandy conditions. • PSAMMOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to growing in sand. |
| SCHIZOPHYTE | • schizophyte n. (Dated, biology) Any of a class of primitive organisms that reproduce solely by fission. • SCHIZOPHYTE n. a plant of the Schizophyta, an obsolete grouping of organisms that multiply only by fission, including bacteria and blue-green algae. |
| SPERMAPHYTE | • spermaphyte n. (Botany) Alternative form of spermatophyte. • SPERMAPHYTE n. any member of the Spermatophyta, seed-bearing plants, also SPERMOPHYTE. |
| SPERMOPHYTE | • spermophyte n. (Botany) Alternative form of spermatophyte. • SPERMOPHYTE n. any member of the Spermatophyta, seed-bearing plants, also SPERMAPHYTE. |
| THALLOPHYTE | • thallophyte n. (Botany) Any of very many primitive plants that consist of a thallus (plant body not differentiated… • THALLOPHYTE n. any organism belonging to the Thallophyta, that includes algae, fungi, and bacteria. |
| THROMBOCYTE | • thrombocyte n. (Hematology, cytology) platelet. • THROMBOCYTE n. a platelet. |