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oligophyte

oligophyte adjective: relating to several species of plant.

Adjective

oligophyte (not comparable)

  1. Relating to several species of plant

Origin of oligophyte

From oligo- (“several”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Questions about oligophyte

What does oligophyte mean?
Oligophyte means relating to several species of plant.
What part of speech is oligophyte?
Oligophyte is an adjective.

Words near oligophyte in the dictionary

  1. oligophrenics
  2. oligophrenin
  3. oligophrenins
  4. oligophreny
  5. oligophyllous
  6. oligophyte
  7. oligopithecid
  8. oligopithecids
  9. oligopithecine
  10. oligoplastic
  11. oligoploid

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