Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO'TO-PHYTE, or PRO'TO-ZO-A
PRO'TO-PHYTE, or PRO'TO-ZO-A, n. [Gr. πρωτος and φυτον, or ζωον.]
These names are given to certain substances of which a doubt exists whether they are vegetable or animal. Protophytes, first plants; protozoa, first animals. – Kirby.
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