Cormophytes \Cor"mo*phytes\ (k[^o]r"m[-o]*f[imac]ts), Cormophyta \Cor*moph"y*ta\ (k[o^]r*m[o^]f"[i^]*t[.a]), n. pl. [NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.