PNEUMATOPHORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pneumatophore mean? 

• PNEUMATOPHORE (noun)
  The noun PNEUMATOPHORE has 1 sense:

1. an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PNEUMATOPHORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)