-phyte Definition

fīt
suffix
A plant with a specified character or habitat.
Halophyte.
American Heritage
A plantlike organism.
Saprophyte.
American Heritage
A pathological growth.
Osteophyte.
American Heritage
affix
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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