phyto-, phyt-, -phyte
(Greek: a plant; growth [growing in a specified way or place; to produce])
macrophytic
macrophytophagous, macrophytophage, macrophytophagy
Eating higher plant material only.
macrophytoplankton
Composed either of large plants (megaphytoplankton) or of elongate plants such as filamentous algae.
macrothermophyte
A plant which can not tolerate low temperatures and that flourishes in a tropical environment.
megathermophyte
A plant which does not tolerate low temperatures and that exists best in a tropical environment.
mesohydrophyte
mesohydrophytic
mesophyte
mesophytic
mesopleustophyte
metaphyte
microphyte
microphytology
myrmecophyte
myrmecophyte, myrmecophytism
A plant that has specialized structures for sheltering ants or termites, or having a mutual interdependence with ants or termites.
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