phyto-, phyt-, -phyte
(Greek: a plant; growth [growing in a specified way or place; to produce])
bryophyte
bryophytic
cataphyll
chalicophyte
A plant inhabiting gravel slides.
chionophyte
A plant living in or under snow.
chledophyte
Chlorophyta
chlorophyte
Chrysophyta
chrysophyte
coprophyte, coprophytic
A plant living on dung or fecal material.
crymophyte
A plant that grows in polar regions.
cryophytes
1. Plants that grow on ice or snow.
2. Plants thriving at low temperatures; such as, algae, bacteria, and fungi on snow and ice.
cryptophyte
A perennial plant with renewal buds below ground or water level; including the geophyte, the helophyte, and the hydrophyte.
cryptophytic
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