| AEROPHYTES | • aerophytes n. Plural of aerophyte. • AEROPHYTE n. a plant obtaining all its nourishment from the air; an epiphyte. |
| AUTOPHYTES | • autophytes n. Plural of autophyte. • AUTOPHYTE n. an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| BRYOPHYTES | • bryophytes n. Plural of bryophyte. • BRYOPHYTE n. a member of the Bryophyta, one of the main groups of the vegetable kingdom, mosses and liverworts. |
| CRYOPHYTES | • cryophytes n. Plural of cryophyte. • CRYOPHYTE n. an organism esp. an alga or moss that grows on snow or ice. |
| ECTOPHYTES | • ectophytes n. Plural of ectophyte. • ECTOPHYTE n. a vegetable ectoparasite. |
| ENDOPHYTES | • endophytes n. Plural of endophyte. • ENDOPHYTE n. an endoparasitic plant. |
| ENTOPHYTES | • entophytes n. Plural of entophyte. • ENTOPHYTE n. a vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body. |
| HALOPHYTES | • halophytes n. Plural of halophyte. • HALOPHYTE n. a plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea. |
| HELOPHYTES | • helophytes n. Plural of helophyte. • HELOPHYTE n. any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface. |
| HOLOPHYTES | • holophytes n. Plural of holophyte. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| HYLOPHYTES | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
| MESOPHYTES | • mesophytes n. Plural of mesophyte. • MESOPHYTE n. a land plant growing in an environment with moderate moisture. |
| SCIOPHYTES | • sciophytes n. Plural of sciophyte. • SCIOPHYTE n. any plant that grows best in the shade. |
| XEROPHYTES | • xerophytes n. Plural of xerophyte. • XEROPHYTE n. a plant thriving in desert conditions. |
| ZYGOPHYTES | • zygophytes n. Plural of zygophyte. • ZYGOPHYTE n. a plant that reproduces by the union of two similar cells. |