| AUTOPHYTE | • autophyte n. Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances. • AUTOPHYTE n. an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| ECTOPHYTE | • ectophyte n. (Biology) Any plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism. • ECTOPHYTE n. a vegetable ectoparasite. |
| 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. |
| GNETOPHYTE | • gnetophyte n. Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms… • GNETOPHYTE n. a type of plant including welwitschia. |
| PROTOPHYTE | • protophyte n. (Biology) Any of various primitive organisms such as the slime molds. • PROTOPHYTE n. any unicellular plant, or plant forming only a plasmodium, having reproduction only by fission, gemmation, or cell division. |
| 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. |
| GAMETOPHYTE | • gametophyte n. (Botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order… • GAMETOPHYTE n. the haploid stage in the life cycle of an organism undergoing alternations of generations. |
| DERMATOPHYTE | • dermatophyte n. Any parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete’s foot). • DERMATOPHYTE n. a fungus parasitic on the skin or skin derivatives (as hair or nails). |
| PHREATOPHYTE | • phreatophyte n. (Biology) Any plant, typically living in deserts, that obtains its water from long taproots that reach… • PHREATOPHYTE n. a plant with a deep root system that draws its water supply from near the water table. |
| SPERMATOPHYTE | • spermatophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that bears seeds rather than spores. • SPERMATOPHYTE n. a seed plant. |
| HEMICRYPTOPHYTE | • hemicryptophyte n. (Botany) Any plant whose buds rest on the surface, being protected in various ways. • HEMICRYPTOPHYTE n. any perennial plant that bears its overwintering buds at soil level, where they are often partly covered by surface debris. |
| MEGAGAMETOPHYTE | • megagametophyte n. (Biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a megaspore. • megagametophyte n. (Biology) A female gametophyte. • MEGAGAMETOPHYTE n. the gametophyte developing vegetatively from the megaspore of a heterosporous plant. |