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hemicryptophyte

/hɛmɪˈkɹɪptəʊfaɪt/

hemicryptophyte noun: any plant whose buds rest on the surface, being protected in various ways.

Noun

hemicryptophyte (plural hemicryptophytes)

  1. Any plant whose buds rest on the surface, being protected in various ways.

hemicryptophyte meaning in Tamil

hemicryptophyte in Tamil

தரைமொட்டுத் தாவரம்

Forms of hemicryptophyte

pluralhemicryptophytes

Origin of hemicryptophyte

From Danish hemikryptofyt, equivalent to hemi- (“half”) + cryptophyte, from crypto- (“hidden”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Words formed from hemicryptophyte

Questions about hemicryptophyte

What does hemicryptophyte mean?
Hemicryptophyte means any plant whose buds rest on the surface, being protected in various ways.
What is hemicryptophyte in Tamil?
Hemicryptophyte in Tamil is தரைமொட்டுத் தாவரம். See Hemicryptophyte meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hemicryptophyte?
Hemicryptophyte is a noun.
How do you pronounce hemicryptophyte?
Hemicryptophyte is pronounced /hɛmɪˈkɹɪptəʊfaɪt/.
What is the plural of hemicryptophyte?
The plural of hemicryptophyte is hemicryptophytes.

Words near hemicryptophyte in the dictionary

  1. hemicraniectomies
  2. hemicraniectomy
  3. hemicranies
  4. hemicrany
  5. hemicrypt
  6. hemicryptophyte
  7. hemicryptophytes
  8. hemicryptophytic
  9. hemicrypts
  10. hemicrystalline
  11. hemicube

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemicryptophyte (page history and authors); hemicryptophyte (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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