Aerophyte :: Aerophyte (n.) A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte..

Anophyte :: Anophyte (n.) A moss or mosslike plant which cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves..

Astrophyton :: Astrophyton (n.) A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.

Bryophyta :: Bryophyta (n. pl.) See Cryptogamia.

Carpophyte :: Carpophyte (n.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc..

Cormophyta :: Cormophyta (n. pl.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.

Cormophytes :: Cormophytes (n. pl.) Alt. of Cormophyt.

Dermatophyte :: Dermatophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin..

Dermophyte :: Dermophyte (n.) A dermatophyte.

Emphyteusis :: Emphyteusis (n.) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent..

Emphyteutic :: Emphyteutic (a.) Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands..

Emphyteuticary :: Emphyteuticary (n.) One who holds lands by emphyteusis.

Entophyte :: Entophyte (n.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.

Entophytic :: Entophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease..

Eophyte :: Eophyte (n.) A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.

Eophytic :: Eophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to eophytes.

Epiphytal :: Epiphytal (a.) Pertaining to an epiphyte.

Epiphyte :: Epiphyte (n.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant..

Epiphyte :: Epiphyte (n.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.

Epiphytic :: Epiphytic (a.) Alt. of Epiphytica.

Epiphytical :: Epiphytical (a.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte..

Halophyte :: Halophyte (n.) A plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea..

Holophytic :: Holophytic (a.) Wholly or distinctively vegetable.

Hydrophyte :: Hydrophyte (n.) An aquatic plant; an alga.

Hydrophytology :: Hydrophytology (n.) The branch of botany which treats of water plants.

Hysterophyte :: Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter..

Keratophyte :: Keratophyte (n.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.

Lithophyte :: Lithophyte (n.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals..

Lithophytic :: Lithophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to lithophytes.

Lithophytous :: Lithophytous (a.) Lithophytic.

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