phyto-, phyt-, -phyte

apophyte

archaeophyte

A plant that existed in prehistoric times.

asomatophyte

A plant in which there is no distinction between body and reproductive cells.

asymphytous

Separate or distinct; not grown together.

atmophyte

An epiphyte that obtains water by aerial assimilation over its entire surface.

aulophyte

1. A free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
2. A non-parasitic plant growing, or living, within in a hollow cavity in another plant.

autophyte

A plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances.

autophytic

Relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis.

bacteriophytoma

benthopheustophyte

Any large plant resting freely on the floor of a lake but capable of drifting slowly with the currents.

benthophyte

A plant living at the bottom of a body of water or in the bed of a river.

benthopleustophyte, benthopleustophytic

Any large plant resting freely on the floor of a lake but capable of drifting slowly with the currents.

biophyte

1. A plant that feeds on other living organisms.
2. A parasitic or predatory plant; or plants that get sustenance from living organisms.

biophytic

A reference to a plant consuming living organisms.

Bryophyta

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