Word.ws English Dictionary

edaphophyte

edaphophyte noun: any plant that grows with its roots in the soil and shoots in the air.

Noun

edaphophyte (plural edaphophytes)

  1. any plant that grows with its roots in the soil and shoots in the air

Forms of edaphophyte

pluraledaphophytes

Origin of edaphophyte

From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground”) + -phyte. By surface analysis, edapho- + -phyte.

Questions about edaphophyte

What does edaphophyte mean?
Edaphophyte means any plant that grows with its roots in the soil and shoots in the air.
What part of speech is edaphophyte?
Edaphophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of edaphophyte?
The plural of edaphophyte is edaphophytes.

Words near edaphophyte in the dictionary

  1. edaphologists
  2. edaphology
  3. edaphon
  4. edaphons
  5. edaphophilic
  6. edaphophyte
  7. edaphophytes
  8. edaphosaur
  9. edaphosaurid
  10. edaphosaurids
  11. edaphosaurs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: edaphophyte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “edaphophyte.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/edaphophyte. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.