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glycophyte

glycophyte noun: any plant that cannot tolerate relatively high concentrations of salt.

Noun

glycophyte (plural glycophytes)

  1. Any plant that cannot tolerate relatively high concentrations of salt

Forms of glycophyte

pluralglycophytes

Origin of glycophyte

From glyco- (“sugar”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Words formed from glycophyte

Questions about glycophyte

What does glycophyte mean?
Glycophyte means any plant that cannot tolerate relatively high concentrations of salt.
What part of speech is glycophyte?
Glycophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of glycophyte?
The plural of glycophyte is glycophytes.

Words near glycophyte in the dictionary

  1. glycophospholipids
  2. glycophospholipoprotein
  3. glycophospholipoproteins
  4. glycophosphoprotein
  5. glycophosphoproteins
  6. glycophyte
  7. glycophytes
  8. glycophytic
  9. glycopolymer
  10. glycopolymers
  11. glycopolypeptide

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