ep|i|phyte

ep|i|phyte
ep|i|phyte «EHP uh fyt», noun.
1. any one of various plants that grow on other plants for support but draw nourishment from the air and rain instead of from their host; air plant; aerophyte. Many mosses, lichens, and orchids are epiphytes.
2. Medicine. a vegetable parasite living on the surface of the body.

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  • -phyte — [fīt] [< Gr phyton, a plant, akin to phyein, to grow: see BE] combining form forming nouns 1. a plant growing in a (specified) way or place [microphyte, sporophyte, epiphyte] 2. Med. a (specified kind of) growth [osteophyte] …   English World dictionary

  • phyte — pro·to·phyte; psam·mo·phyte; psi·lo·phyte; psy·chro·phyte; pte·rid·o·phyte; py·ro·phyte; sapr·o·phyte; schizo·phyte; scio·phyte; scle·ro·phyte; so·ma·to·phyte; sper·ma·phyte; sper·mato·phyte; sper·mo·phyte; spo·ro·phyte; tet·ra·spo·ro·phyte;… …   English syllables

  • -phyte — phyt(o) , phyte ♦ Éléments, du gr. phuton « plante » : thallophytes. phyt(o) , phyte éléments, du gr. phuton, plante . ⇒PHYT(O) , PHYTE, (PHYT , PHYTO ), élém. formants I. Phyt(o) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • -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 * * * ˌfīt, usu īd.+V noun combining form ( s)… …   Useful english dictionary

  • -phyte — noun combining form Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek phyton plant 1. plant having a (specified) characteristic or habitat < xerophyte > 2. pathological outgrowth < osteophyte > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • -phyte — var. of phyto as final element of compound words: lithophyte. * * * …   Universalium

  • -phyte — [Gr. phyton plant] a combining form denoting a plant or a pathological growth …   Medical dictionary

  • phyte — bryophyte cryptophyte gamétophyte halophyte néophyte ostéophyte protophyte ptéridophyte pyrophyte saprophyte spermaphyte spermatophyte sporophyte thallophyte xérophyte zoophyte épiphyte …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • -phyte — combining form denoting a plant or plant like organism: epiphyte. Derivatives phytic combining form. Origin from Gk phuton a plant …   English new terms dictionary

  • -phyte — aff. pln var. of phyto as final element of compound words: lithophyte[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • -phyte — a word element forming a noun termination meaning a growth , plant , as in epiphyte, halophyte, lithophyte, osteophyte. {combining form representing Greek phyton} …  

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