| HALOPHILY | • halophily n. (Biology) The ability to live and thrive in an environment of high salinity. • HALOPHILY n. being adapted to salt conditions. |
| HALOPHYTE | • halophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content. • HALOPHYTE n. a plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea. |
| HELOPHYTE | • helophyte n. (Botany) Any plant (typically found in marshy ground) whose buds overwinter under water. • HELOPHYTE n. any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface. |
| HEMOLYMPH | • hemolymph n. (Zoology) A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood. • HEMOLYMPH n. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals, also HAEMOLYMPH. |
| HOLOPHYTE | • holophyte n. (Biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| HOMOPHYLY | • homophyly n. (Biology, archaic) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition… • HOMOPHYLY n. resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| HYGROPHIL | • HYGROPHIL adj. moisture-loving; living where there is much moisture, also HYGROPHILOUS. |
| HYLOPHYTE | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
| HYPETHRAL | • hypethral adj. Alternative form of hypaethral. • HYPETHRAL adj. roofless; open to the sky (usually intentionally, so as to see the stars), also HUPAITHRIC, HYPAETHRAL, UPAITHRIC. |
| NAPHTHYLS | • naphthyls n. Plural of naphthyl. • NAPHTHYL n. a radical derived from naphthalene. |
| PHYLARCHS | • phylarchs n. Plural of phylarch. • PHYLARCH n. an ancient Greek commander of a tribe. |
| PHYLARCHY | • phylarchy n. Government by a class or tribe. • PHYLARCHY n. the office of a phylarch; government of a class or tribe. |
| PHYTOLITH | • phytolith n. A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants. • PHYTOLITH n. a microscopic particle in plants. |