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sciophyte

UK/ˈsʌɪə(ʊ)fʌɪt/US/ˈsaɪəˌfaɪt/

sciophyte noun: any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade).

Noun

sciophyte (plural sciophytes)

  1. Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade)

sciophyte meaning in Tamil

sciophyte in Tamil

நிழல்வாழ் உயிரி, நிழல்வாழ் புதலி

Forms of sciophyte

pluralsciophytes
alternative formskiophyte

Origin of sciophyte

From scio- (“shade”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Words formed from sciophyte

  • sciophytic

Questions about sciophyte

What does sciophyte mean?
Sciophyte means any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade).
What is sciophyte in Tamil?
Sciophyte in Tamil is நிழல்வாழ் உயிரி, நிழல்வாழ் புதலி. See Sciophyte meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sciophyte?
Sciophyte is a noun.
How do you pronounce sciophyte?
Sciophyte is pronounced /ˈsʌɪə(ʊ)fʌɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of sciophyte?
The plural of sciophyte is sciophytes.

Words near sciophyte in the dictionary

  1. scionesses
  2. scions
  3. sciophilic
  4. sciophilous
  5. sciophyllous
  6. sciophyte
  7. sciophytes
  8. scioptic
  9. scioptic ball
  10. scioptic balls
  11. sciopticon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sciophyte (page history and authors); sciophyte (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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