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aletophytes

aletophytes is the plural of aletophyte.

Meaning of aletophyte

Noun

aletophyte (plural aletophytes)

  1. (rare) 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

Questions about aletophytes

What is aletophytes the plural of?
Aletophytes is the plural of aletophyte.

Words near aletophytes in the dictionary

  1. alethopteroid
  2. alethoscope
  3. alethoscopes
  4. aletic
  5. aletophyte
  6. aletophytes
  7. Aletsch
  8. Aletschhorn
  9. Aletta
  10. Aleu
  11. aleukaemia

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