-phyte

comb. form forming nouns denoting a vegetable or plantlike organism (saprophyte; zoophyte).
Derivatives:
-phytic comb. form forming adjectives.
Etymology: Gk phuton plant f. phuo come into being

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\\ˌfīt, usu -īd.+V\ noun combining form (-s)

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek phyton plant

1. : plant having a (specified) characteristic or habitat

xerophyte

microphyte

2. : pathological growth

osteophyte

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var. of phyto- as final element of compound words: lithophyte.

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-phyte combining form

Used to indicate a plant belonging to a particular habitat, or of a particular type

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Main Entry: ↑phyt-

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-phyte,

combining form. a growth or plant, as in epiphyte.

╂[< Greek phytón a plant, shoot < phýein grow, beget]

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comb. form denoting a plant or plantlike organism

epiphyte

Origin:

from Greek phuton ‘a plant’, from phuein ‘come into being’

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-phyte

a terminal element representing Gr. ϕῠτόν a plant, and denoting a vegetable organism, as microphyte, protophyte, saprophyte. See also zoophyte (= animal plant).