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cuprophyte

cuprophyte noun: any plant that tolerates or thrives in soil with a high level of copper.

Noun

cuprophyte (plural cuprophytes)

  1. Any plant that tolerates or thrives in soil with a high level of copper

Forms of cuprophyte

pluralcuprophytes

Origin of cuprophyte

From cupro- (“copper”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Questions about cuprophyte

What does cuprophyte mean?
Cuprophyte means any plant that tolerates or thrives in soil with a high level of copper.
What part of speech is cuprophyte?
Cuprophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of cuprophyte?
The plural of cuprophyte is cuprophytes.

Words near cuprophyte in the dictionary

  1. cupronickels
  2. cupropavonite
  3. cuprophore
  4. cuprophores
  5. cuprophosphorus
  6. cuprophyte
  7. cuprophytes
  8. cuproprotein
  9. cuproproteins
  10. cuproproteome
  11. cuproproteomes

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