Etymology

tropophyte

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Today it means: Any plant that lives in an environment in which heavy rainfall alternates with periods of drought Full definition →

German Tropophyt
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  1. German · derived fromTropophyt
  2. English todaytropophyte

From German Tropophyt. Surface reading of tropo- (“changeable”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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