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MESOPHYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesophyte mean? 

MESOPHYTE (noun)
  The noun MESOPHYTE has 1 sense:

1. land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyteplay

  Familiarity information: MESOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MESOPHYTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mesophyte; mesophytic plant

Hypernyms ("mesophyte" is a kind of...):

tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)

Derivation:

mesophytic (being or growing in or adapted to a moderately moist environment)


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