phyto-, phyt-, -phyte
(Greek: a plant; growth; growing in a specified way or place; to produce)
bryophyte
bryophytic
cataphyll
chalicophyte
A plant inhabiting gravel slides.
chionophyte
A plant living in or under snow.
chledophyte
Chlorophyta
chlorophyte
1. A green alga found mainly in fresh water.
2. Algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet rocks, damp wood, or the surface of stagnant water.
2. Algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet rocks, damp wood, or the surface of stagnant water.
Chrysophyta
Algae of comprising the yellow-green algae, golden-brown algae, and diatoms, distinguished by having in various proportions the three pigment groups chlorophyll (green), carotene (yellow), and xanthophyll (brown), and storing food reserves as oil rather than as starch.
coprophyte, coprophytic
A plant living on dung or fecal material.
A plant that grows in polar regions: The arctic poppy, the cotton grass, and the purple saxifrage are just a few kinds of vegetation that are considered to be crymophytes and can grow in cold climate conditions.
A plant that grows on ice or snow: Algae, bacteria, and fungi are considered to be cryophytes as they thrive well at low temperatures in the winter season or in cold climates.
cryptophyte
A perennial plant with renewal buds below ground or water level; including the geophyte, the helophyte, and the hydrophyte.
cryptophytic
