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hylophyte

hylophyte noun: a plant that grows best in woods or forests.

Noun

hylophyte (plural hylophytes)

  1. A plant that grows best in woods or forests.
    • In the present treatment they have been divided according to biological characteristics into hylophytes or forest plants, poophytes or meadow plants, and aletophytes, ruderal or waste plants.1900, Roscoe Pound, Frederic E. Clements, The Phytogeography of Nebraska, second edition, page 172

Forms of hylophyte

pluralhylophytes

Origin of hylophyte

hylo- + -phyte

Questions about hylophyte

What does hylophyte mean?
Hylophyte means a plant that grows best in woods or forests.
What part of speech is hylophyte?
Hylophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of hylophyte?
The plural of hylophyte is hylophytes.

Words near hylophyte in the dictionary

  1. hylopathist
  2. hylopathists
  3. hylopathy
  4. hylophagous
  5. hylophobia
  6. hylophyte
  7. hylophytes
  8. hylotheism
  9. hylotheist
  10. hylotheistic
  11. hylotheists

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