haplobiont, n. Biol.
Brit. /ˌhaplə(ʊ)ˈbʌɪɒnt/, U.S. /ˈˌhæploʊˈˌbaɪɑnt/
[‹ haplo- comb. form + -biont comb. form. Compare earlier haplobiontic adj.]
A haplobiontic plant or fungus.
| 1927N. Svedelius in Bot. Gaz. 83 380 From the point of view of the alternation of generations, it may be conceived that plants equipped with sexual reproduction have developed, broadly speaking, from haploid single organisms, haplobionts,..to haploid and diploid double organisms, diplobionts,..and thence, finally, on to the now diploid haplobionts. 1969T. Levring in T. Levring et al. Marine Algae 101 Most of the Nemalionales are haplobionts, but also diplobionts are known. |