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hypolith

hypolith noun: a plant that lives underneath rocks, usually in climatically extreme deserts.

Noun

hypolith (plural hypoliths)

  1. A plant that lives underneath rocks, usually in climatically extreme deserts.

Forms of hypolith

pluralhypoliths

Origin of hypolith

From hypo- + -lith.

Words formed from hypolith

Questions about hypolith

What does hypolith mean?
Hypolith means a plant that lives underneath rocks, usually in climatically extreme deserts.
What part of speech is hypolith?
Hypolith is a noun.
What is the plural of hypolith?
The plural of hypolith is hypoliths.

Words near hypolith in the dictionary

  1. hypolipoproteinaemia
  2. hypolipoproteinemia
  3. hypolipoproteinemic
  4. Hypolite
  5. Hypolites
  6. hypolith
  7. hypolithic
  8. hypoliths
  9. hypolobated
  10. hypolobation
  11. hypolobulated

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