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• plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
Example sentence • The autophyte relies on photosynthesis to produce food.
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• plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
Example sentence • A pine tree is a spermatophyte that produces seeds.
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• Any parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot).
Example sentence • Ringworm is a common dermatophyte infection that can affect both humans and animals.
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• Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant
Example sentence • The endophyte in this particular plant helps protect it from pests.
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• Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
Example sentence • The lake is full of macrophytes, providing important food and habitat for fish.
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Example sentence • The oak tree is an example of a phanerophyte .
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• the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores
Example sentence • The megagametophyte produces eggs in plants.
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• a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms
Example sentence • A geophyte is a plant that survives the unfavorable seasons as a tuber or bulb underground.
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• green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
Example sentence • A fern is a tracheophyte that reproduces by spores.
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• plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
Example sentence • The tropical rainforest is home to many aerophytes that grow on tree branches.
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• any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
Example sentence • The life cycle of a bryophyte involves alternation of generations.
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• the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Example sentence • The gametophyte is the sexual phase in the life cycle of plants.
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• plant growing naturally in very salty soil
Example sentence • The saltmarsh is home to many different halophytes.
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• an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis
Example sentence • A fern is an example of a holophyte .
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• a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
Example sentence • The lotus is a common hydrophyte found in many ponds and lakes.
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• a plant that grows in a moist habitat
Example sentence • Ferns are considered hygrophytes because of their ability to thrive in moist habitats.
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• plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
Example sentence • The lithophyte clung to the surface of the boulder.
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• land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte
Example sentence • Some examples of mesophytes include most garden plants and agricultural crops.
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• any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant
Example sentence • This particular psilophyte fossil is well-preserved and provides valuable insights into early plant evolution.
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• plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
Example sentence • The pteridophyte is a group of vascular plants that reproduce and disperse spores.
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• an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
Example sentence • Mushrooms are an example of saprophytes.
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• the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Example sentence • The sporophyte is the diploid, spore-producing phase in the life cycle of a plant.
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• any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf
Example sentence • A thallophyte is a plant that lacks true roots, stems, or leaves.
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• plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
Example sentence • Cacti and succulents are examples of xerophytes.
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Example sentence • The chrysophyte community in the lake was studied for its ecological significance.
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Example sentence • The cryophyte is a type of plant that thrives in cold environments.
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Example sentence • An embryophyte is a plant that has an embryo within its seeds.
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• Any plant, typically living in deserts, that obtains its water from long taproots that reach the water table
Example sentence • The phreatophyte is a type of plant that has deep roots to access groundwater.
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Example sentence • The majority of crop plants are considered glycophytes.
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Example sentence • One example of a gnetophyte is the plant called Ephedra.
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Example sentence • Cattails are a type of helophyte commonly found in wetlands.
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Example sentence • The protophyte is a type of algae that is found in freshwater habitats.
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Example sentence • A zygophyte is a type of plant that reproduces by producing seeds.
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• the male gametophyte produced by a microspore
Example sentence • The microgametophyte is a male gametophyte that produces sperm cells.
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Example sentence • The heliophyte thrived in the sunny meadow.
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• common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms
Example sentence • The cryptophyte algae inhabits freshwater environments.
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• relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria
Example sentence • The presence of cyanophytes in the lake has caused the water to turn a greenish-blue color.
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Example sentence • The anthropophyte is a type of plant that feeds on flesh.
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Example sentence • A cormophyte is a member of the group of plants that have distinct stems, leaves, and roots.
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Example sentence • Some ectophytes can absorb nutrients directly from the air or rainwater.
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Example sentence • Some hemicryptophytes include grasses and sedges.
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Example sentence • The hylophytes are mostly plants that live in shady areas.
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Example sentence • Lake water is often teeming with various types of microphytes.
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Example sentence • The psammophyte thrived in the sandy desert environment.
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Example sentence • The spermophyte is a type of seed-bearing plant.
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Example sentence • A therophyte is a type of herbaceous plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season.
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Example sentence • The tropophyte is adapted to survive in the unpredictable desert climate.
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