phytomorph

Noun

 * 1)  The representation of a plant in art.
 * 2)  A specific morphology of a phytolith.
 * 3)  A hypothetical alga-like organism once thought to have had a symbiosis with some extinct fenestrid bryozoans, in an attempt to explain their unusual morphologies.
 * 4) * 1946, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology, Report:
 * Various features of the phytomorphs were illustrated, described, and discussed in some detail in the paper, and their similarity to various living algae were pointed out.
 * 1) * 1946, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology, Report:
 * Various features of the phytomorphs were illustrated, described, and discussed in some detail in the paper, and their similarity to various living algae were pointed out.