phyto-, phyt-, -phyte

(Greek: a plant; growth [growing in a specified way or place; to produce])

epilithophyte (s), epilithophytes (pl)

Plants growing on the surfaces of stones, rocks, and other hard inorganic substrata.

epilithophytic

A reference to a plant that grows on the surface of stones, rocks, and other hard inorganic substrata.

epiphyte

epiphytes

epiphytology

epiphytotic

Equisetophyta

eremophyte, eremophytic

A desert plant.

ergasiaphyte

A plant which has been introduced by mankind for purposes of cultivation.

ergasiapophyte

A plant introduced by mankind for cultivation purposes.

ergasiapophytic

A reference to plants that colonize cultivated fields.

euhydrophyte, euhydrophytes

Normally submerged and floating aquatic plants.

exolithophyte

A plant that grows on the surface of a rock or other hard inorganic substrata.

exolithophytic

A reference to plants that grow on the surfaces, or upper levels, of rocks or other hard inorganic substrata or layers that lie underneath other horizontal deposits or sediments of rock structures.

exophytic

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phyto-, phyt-, -phyte

(Greek: a plant; growth [growing in a specified way or place; to produce])

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