| CRYPTOPHYTE | • cryptophyte n. (Biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water. • cryptophyte n. (Biology) A cryptomonad. • CRYPTOPHYTE n. any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface. |
| EPIPHYTOTIC | • epiphytotic adj. Relating to epiphytosis. • EPIPHYTOTIC n. a sudden outbreak of plant disease over extended geographical area. |
| HAPTOTROPIC | • haptotropic adj. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched. • haptotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups. • HAPTOTROPIC adj. curving in response to touch. |
| PHONOTYPIST | • phonotypist n. One versed in phonotypy. • PHONOTYPIST n. one who practises phonotypy. |
| PHOTOTROPES | • PHOTOTROPE n. a substance exhibiting phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| PHOTOTROPHS | • phototrophs n. Plural of phototroph. • PHOTOTROPH n. a plant which uses light to generate energy needed to absorb nutrients. |
| PHOTOTROPIC | • phototropic adj. Having a tendency to move in response to light. An animal or microbe that is positively phototropic… • PHOTOTROPIC adj. relating to phototropism, movement directed by light. |
| PHOTOTYPIES | • PHOTOTYPY n. the art or process of producing phototypes. |
| PHOTOTYPING | • phototyping v. Present participle of phototype. • PHOTOTYPE v. to print by this means. |
| PROTOPATHIC | • protopathic adj. Relating to a sensory nerve that detects the presence of a stimulus without determining its location. • protopathic adj. Relating to first symptoms of a disease, as in the sense of protopathic bias. • PROTOPATHIC adj. pertaining to reception by nerves, etc. of only coarse stimuli such as heat, pain, etc.; pertaining to such nerves. |
| PROTOPHYTES | • protophytes n. Plural of protophyte. • PROTOPHYTE n. any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division. |
| PROTOPHYTIC | • protophytic adj. Of or relating to the protophytes. • PROTOPHYTIC adj. relating to a protophyte. |
| PROTOTROPHS | • prototrophs n. Plural of prototroph. • PROTOTROPH n. a bacterium feeding only on inorganic matter. |
| PROTOTROPHY | • prototrophy n. The condition of being a prototroph. • PROTOTROPHY n. the state of being prototrophic. |
| TROPOPHYTES | • tropophytes n. Plural of tropophyte. • TROPOPHYTE n. a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |
| TROPOPHYTIC | • TROPOPHYTIC adj. of or like a tropophyte, a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |
| TRYPTOPHANE | • tryptophane n. Alternative form of tryptophan. • TRYPTOPHANE n. an essential amino acid, also TRYPTOPHAN. |
| TRYPTOPHANS | • tryptophans n. Plural of tryptophan. • TRYPTOPHAN n. an essential amino acid, also TRYPTOPHANE. |