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plural zoophytes
(biology, historical) An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and sea anemones.
(biology, historical) A plant believed to have the characteristics of an animal, especially a sensitive plant or vegetable lamb. quotations
And besides, as there are many Zoophyts, and sensitive Plants […] so have we, in some Authors, Instances of Plants turning into Animals, and Animals into Plants, and the like […]
1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XIX