Cormophytic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte.
"They are more vegetable than animal, if these terms can be applied to the sort of matter composing them, and have a somewhat fungoid structure; though the presence of a chlorophyll-like substance and a very singular nutritive system differentiate them altogether from true cormophytic fungi."
Example
More examples"They are more vegetable than animal, if these terms can be applied to the sort of matter composing them, and have a somewhat fungoid structure; though the presence of a chlorophyll-like substance and a very singular nutritive system differentiate them altogether from true cormophytic fungi."
Etymology
From cormophyte + -ic.
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