Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Capable of self-fertilization. Used of certain fungi and algae.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the zygospores formed only as the result of the conjugation of hyphæ from a single plant or strain: said of zygospore-forming plants.

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  • adjective of some algae and fungi Producing male and female reproductive structures in the same plant.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[homo– + Greek thallos, young shoot; see thallo– + –ic.]

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homo- +‎ thallic

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