单词 | tropophyte |
释义 | > as lemmastropophyte tropophyte n. Brit. /ˈtrɒpə(ʊ)fʌɪt/ , /ˈtrəʊpə(ʊ)fʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˈtrɑpəˌfaɪt/ , /ˈtroʊpəˌfaɪt/ [after German Tropophyt ( A. F. W. Schimper Pflanzen-geographie (1898) i. i. 5)] Ecology a tropophilous plant.ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > that adapts to different conditions tropophyte1899 1899 Bot. Gaz. 27 215 The word tropophyte is introduced to include those plants which are hygrophytic at one season and xerophytic at another. 1973 Bryologist 76 13 Their [sc. lichens'] sensitivity to pollution is heightened by the fact that they, unlike tropophytes, never shed their toxin-laden parts. 2002 G. D. Rowley in U. Eggli Illustr. Handbk. Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons (2004) 62/2 Some species of Cyphia..are tropophytes from Africa with a swollen underground storage caudex and annual herbaceous vines. < as lemmas |
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