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nitrophyte

nitrophyte noun: any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.

Noun

nitrophyte (plural nitrophytes)

  1. Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.

Forms of nitrophyte

pluralnitrophytes

Origin of nitrophyte

From nitro- (“nitrogen”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Questions about nitrophyte

What does nitrophyte mean?
Nitrophyte means any plant that tolerates or thrives in a nitrogen-rich soil.
What part of speech is nitrophyte?
Nitrophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrophyte?
The plural of nitrophyte is nitrophytes.

Words near nitrophyte in the dictionary

  1. nitrophily
  2. nitrophobic
  3. nitrophobous
  4. nitrophorin
  5. nitrophorins
  6. nitrophyte
  7. nitrophytes
  8. nitrophytic
  9. nitroplast
  10. nitroplasts
  11. nitropropane

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