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cormophytic

cormophytic adjective: of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.

Adjective

cormophytic (comparative more cormophytic, superlative most cormophytic)

  1. Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
    • They are more vegetable than animal, if these terms can be applied to the sort of matter composing them, and have a somewhat fungoid structure; though the presence of a chlorophyll-like substance and a very singular nutritive system differentiate them altogether from true cormophytic fungi.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 5, in The Whisperer in Darkness
    • Many bryophytes possess several cormophytic structures such as a cuticle, stomata, or conducting tissues; however, they make no use of them.2000, Jan-Peter Frahm, Inselbergs: Biotic Diversity of Isolated Rock Outcrops in Tropical and Temperate Regions, Springer, page 91

Forms of cormophytic

comparativemore cormophytic
superlativemost cormophytic

Origin of cormophytic

From cormophyte + -ic.

Questions about cormophytic

What does cormophytic mean?
Cormophytic means of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
What part of speech is cormophytic?
Cormophytic is an adjective.

Words near cormophytic in the dictionary

  1. cormoid
  2. cormophyllaceous
  3. cormophyly
  4. cormophyte
  5. cormophytes
  6. cormophytic
  7. cormorant
  8. cormorant fishing
  9. cormorants
  10. Cormos
  11. cormose

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