tropophyte

noun

trop·​o·​phyte

ˈträpəˌfīt

plural -s

: a tropophilous plant

trees of the northern deciduous forests are typical tropophytes adapted to a mesophytic summer and a xerophytic winter

Word History

Etymology

trop- + -phyte

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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