| 单词 | hygrophyte |
| 释义 | hygrophyte in British English (ˈhaɪɡrəˌfaɪt) noun any plant that grows in wet or waterlogged soil Derived forms hygrophytic (ˌhaɪɡrəˈfɪtɪk) adjective hygrophyte in American English (ˈhaɪgroʊˌfaɪt; ˈhaɪgrəˌfaɪt) noun hydrophyte Word origin hygro- + -phytehygrophyte in American English (ˈhaiɡrəˌfait) noun 1. a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground 2. a hydrophyte Derived forms hygrophytic (ˌhaiɡrəˈfɪtɪk) hygrophilous (haiˈɡrɑfələs) adjective Word origin [1900–05; hygro- + -phyte]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, clone, elder statesman, geopolitics, hookup-phyte is a combining form meaning “plant,” used as the final element of compound words.Other words that use the affix -phyte include: heterophyte, oophyte, phreatophyte, sporophyte, thallophyteExamples of 'hygrophyte' in a sentence |
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