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exophyte

exophyte noun: any external plant parasite.

Noun

exophyte (plural exophytes)

  1. Any external plant parasite.

Forms of exophyte

pluralexophytes

Origin of exophyte

From exo- + -phyte.

Words formed from exophyte

Questions about exophyte

What does exophyte mean?
Exophyte means any external plant parasite.
What part of speech is exophyte?
Exophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of exophyte?
The plural of exophyte is exophytes.

Words near exophyte in the dictionary

  1. exophthalmometry
  2. exophthalmos
  3. exophthalmoses
  4. exophthalmus
  5. exophthalmy
  6. exophyte
  7. exophytes
  8. exophytic
  9. exophytically
  10. exophyticity
  11. exopinacocyte

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