embryophyte

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from translingual Embryophyta. By surface analysis, embryo- (embryo) +‎ -phyte (plant)

Noun

embryophyte (plural embryophytes)

  1. (botany) Any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants

Translations

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek έμβρυον (émbruon, "embryo") and φυτόν (phuton, "vegetable").

Pronunciation

Noun

embryophyte m (plural embryophytes)

  1. embryophyte