Etymology

craspedophyte

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Ancient Greek κράσπεδον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκράσπεδον“edge, border”
  2. English todaycraspedophyte

Ancient Greek κράσπεδον (kráspedon, “edge, border”) + -phyte (“plant”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκράσπεδον all →

craspedon

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