aletophyte
aletophyte noun: any plant that grows by the wayside or where the natural vegetation has been disrupted.
Noun
aletophyte (plural aletophytes)
- Any plant that grows by the wayside or where the natural vegetation has been disrupted.
- In the present treatment they have been divided according to biological characteristics into hylophytes or forest plants, poophytes or meadow plants, and aletophytes, ruderal or waste plants.1900, Roscoe Pound, Frederic E. Clements, The Phytogeography of Nebraska, second edition, page 172
- dry mesophytes over shallow soil in an otherwise mesic habitat, pyrophytes around an old campsite fireplace, aletophytes on trails through the community, etc.1977, Classification, Inventory, and Analysis of Fish and Wildlife Habitat, page 252
Forms of aletophyte
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Origin of aletophyte
From Ancient Greek ἀλήτης (alḗtēs, “wanderer, vagrant”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Questions about aletophyte
- What does aletophyte mean?
- Aletophyte means any plant that grows by the wayside or where the natural vegetation has been disrupted.
- What part of speech is aletophyte?
- Aletophyte is a noun.
- What is the plural of aletophyte?
- The plural of aletophyte is aletophytes.
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