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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 habitatplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HYGROPHYTE (noun)


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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