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HYGROPHYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hygrophyte mean?
• HYGROPHYTE (noun)
The noun HYGROPHYTE has 1 sense:
1. a plant that grows in a moist habitat
Familiarity information: HYGROPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant that grows in a moist habitat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("hygrophyte" is a kind of...):
flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
Derivation:
hygrophytic (requiring an abundance of moisture)
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