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halophyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
halo-phyte
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content

Etymology

From halo- (“salt”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

halophytes (plural)

Derived Forms

euhalophyte halophytic hydrohalophyte mesohalophyte oligohalophyte psammohalophyte xerohalophyte

Questions

What does halophyte mean?
Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content
Where does halophyte come from?
From halo- (“salt”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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