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-phyte

  1. variant of phyto- as final element of compound words:

    lithophyte.



-phyte

combining form

  1. indicating a plant of a specified type or habitat

    lithophyte

    thallophyte

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • -phytic, combining_form:in_adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -phyte1

from Greek phuton plant
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Example Sentences

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A zoâ€phyte of the order Alcyonaria.

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It is not true that evolutionists expect to find, as Dr. Seelye has affirmed, “the growth of the highest alga into a zo�phyte, a phenomenon for which sharp eyes have sought, and which is not only natural but inevitable on the Darwinian hypothesis, and whose discovery would make the fame of any observer.â€

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It would be the lowest alga, to use Dr. Seelye’s illustration, which would be transmutable into the lowest zo�phyte.

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After casting a grim look around the room, without seeing Enrique, or apparently not seeing him, he uttered several grunts, staggered toward the counter, and fixing his vitreous, angry eye on the polished silk hat which the lieutenant had laid on it, he picked it up gingerly in his monstrous hands, examined it curiously, like a naturalist who has just stumbled upon some new zo�phyte, while something that tried to be a smile, but succeeded in being only a horrible grimace, vexed his thick, livid lips.

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I am thankful that the neo- phyte will be benefited by experience, although it will cost him much, and in proportion to its worth.

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