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trophophyte

trophophyte noun: a plant which behaves as hydrophyte in the rainy season and a xerophyte in the dry season.

Noun

trophophyte (plural trophophytes)

  1. A plant which behaves as hydrophyte in the rainy season and a xerophyte in the dry season.

Forms of trophophyte

pluraltrophophytes

Origin of trophophyte

From tropho- + -phyte.

Questions about trophophyte

What does trophophyte mean?
Trophophyte means a plant which behaves as hydrophyte in the rainy season and a xerophyte in the dry season.
What part of speech is trophophyte?
Trophophyte is a noun.
What is the plural of trophophyte?
The plural of trophophyte is trophophytes.

Words near trophophyte in the dictionary

  1. trophophoretic
  2. trophophoric
  3. trophophyll
  4. trophophyllous
  5. trophophylls
  6. trophophyte
  7. trophophytes
  8. trophoplasm
  9. trophoplasmic
  10. trophoplasms
  11. trophoplast

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