Hygrophyte
//ˈhaɪɡɹəʊfaɪt// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any plant that thrives on very wet but not submerged ground.
"Between xerophytes and hygrophytes we find a great many intermediate forms (Mesophytes), comprising, in fact, the majority of British plants, which grow in meadows, pastures, cultivated fields, and in woods and plantations of deciduous trees (Beech, Oak, Birch, etc.)."
- 2 a plant that grows in a moist habitat wordnet
Example
More examples"Between xerophytes and hygrophytes we find a great many intermediate forms (Mesophytes), comprising, in fact, the majority of British plants, which grow in meadows, pastures, cultivated fields, and in woods and plantations of deciduous trees (Beech, Oak, Birch, etc.)."
Etymology
From hygro- (“moist”) + -phyte (“plant”).
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