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hostplant

hostplant is the alternative form of host plant.

Meaning of host plant

Noun

host plant (plural host plants)

  1. A plant that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other fauna.

Forms of hostplant

pluralhostplants

Questions about hostplant

What is hostplant the alternative form of?
Hostplant is the alternative form of host plant.

Words near hostplant in the dictionary

  1. Hostomel
  2. Hoston
  3. Hostons
  4. hostoria
  5. hostorium
  6. hostplant
  7. hostplants
  8. hostress
  9. hostresses
  10. hostries
  11. hostrock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hostplant (page history and authors); host plant (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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