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ephemerophyte

ephemerophyte noun: any ephemeral plant, usually in the sense of native or naturalised plants having a short lifespan, but sometimes also in reference to annual plants which cannot sustainably propagate in an environment but can survive in it.

Noun

ephemerophyte (plural ephemerophytes)

  1. Any ephemeral plant, usually in the sense of native or naturalised plants having a short lifespan, but sometimes also in reference to annual plants which cannot sustainably propagate in an environment but can survive in it.

Forms of ephemerophyte

pluralephemerophytes

Origin of ephemerophyte

From ephemero- + -phyte.

Questions about ephemerophyte

What does ephemerophyte mean?
Ephemerophyte means any ephemeral plant, usually in the sense of native or naturalised plants having a short lifespan, but sometimes also in reference to annual plants which cannot sustainably propagate in an environment but can survive in it.
What part of speech is ephemerophyte?
Ephemerophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of ephemerophyte?
The plural of ephemerophyte is ephemerophytes.

Words near ephemerophyte in the dictionary

  1. ephemerists
  2. ephemeroid
  3. ephemeroids
  4. ephemeron
  5. ephemerons
  6. ephemerophyte
  7. ephemerophytes
  8. ephemeropteran
  9. ephemeropterans
  10. ephemerous
  11. ephemerovirus

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