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phorophytes

phorophytes is the plural of phorophyte.

Meaning of phorophyte

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

Questions about phorophytes

What is phorophytes the plural of?
Phorophytes is the plural of phorophyte.

Words near phorophytes in the dictionary

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

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