thallophyte

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

thallophyte
    n 1: any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting
         principally of a thallus and thus showing no
         differentiation into stem and root and leaf

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Thallophyte \Thal"lo*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? young shoot + -phyte.]
   1. (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Thallophyta. --
      {Thal`lo*phyt"ic}, a.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. (Bot.) Same as {Thallogen}.
      [1913 Webster]