hygrophyten.

1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. i. 17 Typical hygrophytes have weakly developed roots, elongated axes, and large thin leaf-blades.

1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. v. 126 Hygrophytes, moisture-loving species with favourable water economy,..have morphological devices that permit the free loss of water.

1952 J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles 50 The plants in the marshy area surrounding the pond are..not truly aquatic... They are usually referred to as hygrophytes.., in contrast to the true water-plants, which are called hydrophytes.

1965 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 177 In the hygrophytes we find large, thin, delicate laminae, rich in sap.

1936 M. I. Newbigin Plant & Animal Geogr. vii. 126 The actual appearance of the forests in any area depends on the competition between the hygrophytic species proper and those adapted to withstand seasonal drought.

1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xi. 325 With further rising in level of the soil surface and relative depression of the water-table, shrubs and ultimately trees enter and in time give rise to a hygrophytic woodland.