phanerophyte
/ˈfan(ə)rə(ʊ)fʌɪt/Botany and Ecology
noun
A plant (typically a tree, shrub, or climbing plant) that bears its dormant buds on stems or branches above the ground (specifically more than 50 centimetres above the ground).
- Chamaephyte, cryptophyte, hemicryptophyte, and therophyte are the other categories in this classification of plant life forms..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Botanical Gazette. From phanero- + -phyte, after Danish fanerofyt.