Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A low-growing perennial plant whose dormant overwintering buds are borne at or just above the surface of the ground.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a perennial plant that sets its dormant vegetative buds just at or above the surface of the ground.
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- noun biology Any low
perennial plant whosebuds overwinter just above soil level
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek khamai, on the ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots + –phyte.]
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