Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a hydrophyte: as, a hydrophytic plant; composed of hydrophytes: as, a hydrophytic formation.
- Presenting conditions favorable to hydrophytes: as, a hydrophytic locality.
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- adjective growing wholly or partially in water
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Examples
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It is true that sandy uplands have forests of loblolly and slash pine, and that baldcypress is a dominant tree in swamps; but such vegetation represents either xerophytic and hydrophytic forms in excessively dry or wet habitats, or second-growth forest following fire and deforestation.
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Many of the shallow depressions or sinks, often called bays, dome swamps, or gum ponds, contain ponds or small lakes surrounded by cypress trees and other hydrophytic vegetation.
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