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geophyte

/ˈd͡ʒioʊˌfaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
geo-phyte
IPA
/ˈd͡ʒioʊˌfaɪt/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.

Etymology

From geo- (“earth”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈd͡ʒioʊˌfaɪt/
  • British English: /ˈdʒiːə(ʊ)fʌɪt/

Inflected Forms

geophytes (plural)

Derived Forms

geophytic hydrogeophyte

Questions

How do you pronounce geophyte?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒioʊˌfaɪt/.
What does geophyte mean?
A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
Where does geophyte come from?
From geo- (“earth”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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