geophyte
/ˈdʒiːə(ʊ)fʌɪt/Botany
noun
A perennial plant which propagates by means of underground buds or has an underground storage organ such as a bulb, corm, or rhizome.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. From geo- + -phyte, after German Geophyt.
- pseudocopulation
- pseudocortex
- pseudocosta
- pseudocostate
- pseudocroup
- pseudocubic
- pseudocubical
- pseudocumene
- pseudocyesis
- pseudocyphella
- pseudocyst
- pseudodeltidium
- pseudodementia
- pseudodike
- Pseudo-Dionysius
- pseudodiphtheria
- pseudodiphtheritic
- pseudodiploid
- pseudodiploidy
- pseudodipteral
- pseudodipteron
- pseudo-distance
- pseudodominance
- pseudodominant
- pseudodont