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embryophyte

embryophyte noun: any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants.

Noun

embryophyte (plural embryophytes)

  1. Any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants.

Forms of embryophyte

pluralembryophytes

Origin of embryophyte

Learned borrowing from translingual Embryophyta. By surface analysis, embryo- (“embryo”) + -phyte (“plant”)

Questions about embryophyte

What does embryophyte mean?
Embryophyte means any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants.
What part of speech is embryophyte?
Embryophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of embryophyte?
The plural of embryophyte is embryophytes.

Words near embryophyte in the dictionary

  1. embryopathy
  2. embryophagous
  3. embryophagy
  4. embryophore
  5. embryophores
  6. embryophyte
  7. embryophytes
  8. embryophytic
  9. embryoplastic
  10. embryos
  11. embryosac

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