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phorophyte

phorophyte noun: any plant on which an epiphyte grows.

Noun

phorophyte (plural phorophytes)

  1. Any plant on which an epiphyte grows
    • Samples were too small, however, to determine whether phorophyte frequency or biological compatibility was responsible for the observed plant combinations.2008, David H. Benzing, Vascular Epiphytes: General Biology and Related Biota, page 211

Forms of phorophyte

pluralphorophytes

Origin of phorophyte

Ancient Greek φορέω (phoréō, “bear along”) + -phyte (“plant”)

Words formed from phorophyte

  • phorophytic

Questions about phorophyte

What does phorophyte mean?
Phorophyte means any plant on which an epiphyte grows.
What part of speech is phorophyte?
Phorophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of phorophyte?
The plural of phorophyte is phorophytes.

Words near phorophyte in the dictionary

  1. phoronomically
  2. phoronomics
  3. phoronomy
  4. phoront
  5. phoronts
  6. phorophyte
  7. phorophytes
  8. phoropter
  9. phoropters
  10. phororachus
  11. phorozooid

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