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entomophyte

entomophyte noun: any plant growing as a parasite within an insect or its larva.

Noun

entomophyte (plural entomophytes)

  1. Any plant growing as a parasite within an insect or its larva

Forms of entomophyte

pluralentomophytes

Origin of entomophyte

From entomo- (“insect”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Questions about entomophyte

What does entomophyte mean?
Entomophyte means any plant growing as a parasite within an insect or its larva.
What part of speech is entomophyte?
Entomophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of entomophyte?
The plural of entomophyte is entomophytes.

Words near entomophyte in the dictionary

  1. entomophobic
  2. entomophthoralean
  3. entomophthoramycosis
  4. entomophthoromycoses
  5. entomophthoromycosis
  6. entomophyte
  7. entomophytes
  8. entomophytophagous
  9. entomophytophagy
  10. entomopoxvirus
  11. entomopoxviruses

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