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tropophyte
tropophyte n. 
/ˈtrəʊpə(ʊ)fʌɪt/, /ˈtroʊpəˌfaɪt/ [after German Tropophyt ( A. F. W. Schimper Pflanzen-geographie (1898) i. i. 5)] Ecology a tropophilous plant.
Brit. /ˈtrɒpə(ʊ)fʌɪt/
, /ˈtrɒpə(ʊ)fʌɪt//ˈtrəʊpə(ʊ)fʌɪt/U.S. /ˈtrɑpəˌfaɪt/
, /ˈtrɑpəˌfaɪt//ˈtroʊpəˌfaɪt/ΘΚΠ
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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.
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