Car"po*phyte (kär"p?*līt),
n. [Gr. karpo`s fruit +
fyto`n plant.] (Bot.)A flowerless plant
which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the
red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
☞ The division of algæ and fungi into four classes
called Carpophytes, Oöphytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes
(or Carposporeæ, Oösporeæ,
Protophyta, and Zygosporeæ) was proposed by
Sachs about 1875.