Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In phytogeography, same as
hydrophyte : apparently first used by Wiesner (1889), in the form hygrophyta, by him opposed to hydrophyta.
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- noun biology Any
plant that grows wholly inwater , either rooted to the bottom, or floating freely
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- noun a plant that grows in a moist habitat
Etymologies
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hygro- + -phyte
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Examples
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The large thallus of _Conocephalus_ covers stones by the waterside, while _Dumortiera_ is a hygrophyte confined to damp and shady situations.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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