Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hylophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-lo-phyte
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant that grows best in woods or forests.

Example Sentences

"In the present treatment they have been divided according to biological characteristics into hylophytes or forest plants, poophytes or meadow plants, and aletophytes, ruderal or waste plants."

Etymology

hylo- + -phyte

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hylo
Suffix: phyte

Inflected Forms

hylophytes (plural)

Questions

What does hylophyte mean?: A plant that grows best in woods or forests.
Where does hylophyte come from?: hylo- + -phyte

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