| AEROPHYTE | • aerophyte n. (Biology) epiphyte. • AEROPHYTE n. a plant obtaining all its nourishment from the air; an epiphyte. |
| AUTOPHYTE | • autophyte n. Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances. • AUTOPHYTE n. an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| BRYOPHYTE | • bryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts… • BRYOPHYTE n. a member of the Bryophyta, one of the main groups of the vegetable kingdom, mosses and liverworts. |
| CRYOPHYTE | • cryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground. • cryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow. • CRYOPHYTE n. an organism esp. an alga or moss that grows on snow or ice. |
| ECTOPHYTE | • ectophyte n. (Biology) Any plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism. • ECTOPHYTE n. a vegetable ectoparasite. |
| ENDOPHYTE | • endophyte n. Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant. • ENDOPHYTE n. an endoparasitic plant. |
| ENTOPHYTE | • entophyte n. (Ecology) Any plant or fungus growing as a parasite within another organism. • ENTOPHYTE n. a vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body. |
| 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. |
| HOLOPHYTE | • holophyte n. (Biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| HYLOPHYTE | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
| MESOPHYTE | • mesophyte n. (Botany) Any normal terrestrial plant that grows in environments that have an average supply of water. • MESOPHYTE n. a land plant growing in an environment with moderate moisture. |
| SCIOPHYTE | • sciophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade). • SCIOPHYTE n. any plant that grows best in the shade. |
| XEROPHYTE | • xerophyte n. (Botany) Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral… • xerophyte n. A desert plant. • XEROPHYTE n. a plant thriving in desert conditions. |
| ZYGOPHYTE | • zygophyte n. (Botany, obsolete) Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta… • ZYGOPHYTE n. a plant that reproduces by the union of two similar cells. |