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geocryptophyte (s) (noun), geocryptophytes (pl)
A plant with dormant parts located underground: The Moraea ciliata is a geocryptophyte that has perennating organs (surviving from year to year) and has renewal buds hidden or below the surface of the soil.
This entry is located in the following units: crypto-, crypt- (page 8) geo-, ge- + (page 7) phyto-, phyt-, -phyte (page 6)