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metallophyte

metallophyte noun: any plant that can tolerate a high metal content in its environment.

Noun

metallophyte (plural metallophytes)

  1. Any plant that can tolerate a high metal content in its environment

Forms of metallophyte

pluralmetallophytes

Origin of metallophyte

From metallo- (“metal”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Words formed from metallophyte

Questions about metallophyte

What does metallophyte mean?
Metallophyte means any plant that can tolerate a high metal content in its environment.
What part of speech is metallophyte?
Metallophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of metallophyte?
The plural of metallophyte is metallophytes.

Words near metallophyte in the dictionary

  1. metallophosphoesterases
  2. metallophosphohydrolase
  3. metallophotonic
  4. metallophthalocyanine
  5. metallophthalocyanines
  6. metallophyte
  7. metallophytes
  8. metalloplastic
  9. metalloplastics
  10. metallopolymer
  11. metallopolymers

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