phyto-, phyt-, -phyte

(Greek: a plant; growth; growing in a specified way or place; to produce)

myrmecophytism
A plant that has specialized structures for sheltering ants or termites, or having a mutual interdependence with ants or termites.
namatophyte
nanophanerophyte
A shrub, or plant, under two meters in height.
nanophytoflagellate
necrophytophage
The consumption of dead plant materials
necrophytophagous
Feeding on dead plant material.
nekrophytophagous
Feeding on dead plant material.
neophyte (s) (noun), neophytes (pl)
1. A recent convert to a religion; a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith: In the book Dick was reading, little Susan was a neophyte and new in the church and was being taught by answering questions about her religion.
2. Someone who is a beginner or a novice who starts to do something that he or she has not done before: Betty was a complete neophyte at playing the piano, having had her very first lesson that day!
Anyone who starts to do something new.
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A person who has not learned to do the right thing.
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nosophyte
1. Any pathogenic vegetable organism.
2. A plant microorganism that can give rise to pathologic conditions in humans or other hosts.
ochthophyte
A plant living on banks.
ombrophyte (s) (noun); ombrophyta, ombrophytes (pl)
Plants that are adapted to rainy conditions or habitats: Usually ombrophytes absorb rainwater by aerial assimilation through specialized structures.
oophyte
orgadophyte
orophyte, orophytes
A subalpine plant or plants.
orophytic
A reference to a subalpine plant.