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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 hydrophyte
Familiarity information: MESOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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