adj.
Having male and female reproductive structures on the same thallus, as in some fungi and algae.
[HOMO- + Greek thallos, young shoot; see thallo- + -IC.]
homothallism ho'mo·thal'lism n.
homothallic
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ho·mo·thal·lic (hō'mō-thăl'ĭk, hŏm'ō-) 
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- Yeast (eumycota – =eumycetes)
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