| CHYTRIDS | • chytrids n. Plural of chytrid. • CHYTRID n. a primitive variety of fungus. |
| EPIPHYTE | • epiphyte n. (Botany) A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from… • epiphyte n. (Biology) A fungus that grows on a plant but does not feed upon it saprotrophically (an epiphytic fungus);… • EPIPHYTE n. a plant which grows upon another plant, using it for structural support. |
| GEOPHYTE | • geophyte n. (Botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground… • GEOPHYTE n. a plant that survives the winter by having subterranean buds e.g. bulbs, corms or rhizomes. |
| NEOPHYTE | • neophyte n. A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. • neophyte n. A novice (recent convert); a new convert or proselyte; a new monk. • neophyte n. (Christianity) A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those… |
| OOPHYTES | • oophytes n. Plural of oophyte. • oöphytes n. Plural of oöphyte. • OOPHYTE n. a stage of development in certain plants. |
| OOPHYTIC | • oophytic adj. Of, pertaining to or characteristic of an oophyte. • oöphytic adj. Alternative spelling of oophytic. • OOPHYTIC adj. of or pertaining to an oophyte, a division of plants. |
| PHYTANES | • phytanes n. Plural of phytane. • PHYTANE n. a hydrocarbon found in some fossilised plant remains. |
| PHYTONIC | • phytonic adj. (Biology) Relating to a phyton. • PHYTONIC adj. relating to a phyton, one of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant. |
| PHYTOSES | • phytoses n. Plural of phytosis. • PHYTOSIS n. a disease caused by vegetable parasites. |
| PHYTOSIS | • phytosis n. (Pathology, dated) dermatophytosis. • PHYTOSIS n. a disease caused by vegetable parasites. |
| RHYTHMAL | • rhythmal adj. Rhythmic. • RHYTHMAL adj. relating to rhythm. |
| RHYTHMED | • rhythmed adj. Having a (specified kind of) rhythm. • RHYTHMED adj. having a rhythm. |
| RHYTHMIC | • rhythmic adj. Of or relating to rhythm. • rhythmic adj. Characterized by rhythm. • rhythmic adj. Written in verse, especially rhyming verse. |
| RHYTHMUS | • rhythmus n. Obsolete form of rhythm. • RHYTHMUS n. (Latin) a pattern of recurrence, also RHYTHM. |
| RHYTINAS | • rhytinas n. Plural of rhytina. • RHYTINA n. (Greek) an aquatic mammal of the now extinct Rhytinia genus of Sirenia (aka Steller's sea-cow). |
| TRACHYTE | • trachyte n. (Geology) A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase. • TRACHYTE n. a light-coloured igneous rock. |
| ZOOPHYTE | • zoophyte n. (Biology, historical) An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an… • zoophyte n. (Biology, historical) A plant believed to have the characteristics of an animal, especially a sensitive… • zoöphyte n. Alternative spelling of zoophyte. |