-phyte Definition

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suffix

A plant with a specified character or habitat.

Halophyte.

American Heritage

A plantlike organism.

Saprophyte.

American Heritage

A pathological growth.

Osteophyte.

American Heritage

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A plant growing in a (specified) way or place.

Microphyte, sporophyte, epiphyte.

Webster's New World

A (specified kind of) growth.

Osteophyte.

Webster's New World

Origin of -phyte

From Greek phuton plant from phuein to make grow bheuə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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