Zyophyte \Zy"o*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? a yoke + fyto`n a plant.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of a proposed class or grand division
({Zygophytes}, {Zygophyta}, or {Zygospore[ae]}), in which
reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Cf.
{O["o]phyte}.