trophophyte

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noun

A plant which behaves as hydrophyte in the rainy season and a xerophyte in the dry season.

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Meanings

nountrophophyte (plural trophophytes)

plural trophophytes

  1. biologyA plant which behaves as hydrophyte in the rainy season and a xerophyte in the dry season.

Origin

From tropho- + -phyte.

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APA

trophophyte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trophophyte

MLA

“trophophyte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trophophyte. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trophophyte,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trophophyte.

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