Meanings
plural hydrophytes
- biologyA plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water, usually excluding seaweed.
Synonyms: aquatic plant, water plant
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water, usually excluding seaweed.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From hydro- (“water”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 水生植物
- 水生植物 (shuǐshēng zhíwù)plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Czech hydrofyt
- hydrofytplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Danish vandplante, hydrofyt
- vandplanteplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
- hydrofytplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Dutch hydrofyt
- hydrofytplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Finnish vesikasvi
- vesikasviplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
French hydrophyte
- hydrophyteplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
German Wasserpflanze
- Wasserpflanzeplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Hebrew צמח מים
- צמח מיםplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Hungarian vízinövény
- vízinövényplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Icelandic vatnaplanta
- vatnaplantaplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Indonesian tumbuhan air
- tumbuhan airplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Japanese 水草
- 水草 (mizukusa)plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Polish hydrofit
- hydrofitplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Romanian hidrofită
- hidrofităplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Russian гидрофи́т, водяно́е расте́ние
- гидрофи́т (gidrofít)plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
- водяно́е расте́ние (vodjanóje rasténije)plant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Slovak hydrofyt
- hydrofytplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Swedish vattenväxt
- vattenväxtplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Tagalog halamang danumin
- halamang danuminplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Thai พืชน้ำ, ไม้น้ำ
- พืชน้ำplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
- ไม้น้ำplant that lives in or requires an abundance of water
Cite this entry
hydrophyte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrophyte
“hydrophyte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrophyte. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrophyte,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrophyte.
Source: hydrophyte on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.