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halophytic

halophytic adjective: growing well under salty conditions.

Adjective

halophytic (not comparable)

  1. Growing well under salty conditions
    • We planted a halophytic species of grass.

Origin of halophytic

From halophyte + -ic.

Words formed from halophytic

Questions about halophytic

What does halophytic mean?
Halophytic means growing well under salty conditions.
What part of speech is halophytic?
Halophytic is an adjective.

Words near halophytic in the dictionary

  1. halophosphine
  2. halophosphines
  3. halophylic
  4. halophyte
  5. halophytes
  6. halophytic
  7. halopriming
  8. haloprogesterone
  9. haloprogin
  10. halopropane
  11. halopyrazine

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