"cormophyte" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːməʊfaɪt/ Forms: cormophytes [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”) + -phyte; see also corm (“swollen underground stem”), Latin cormus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|κορμός||trunk stripped of its boughs}} Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”), {{suffix|en||phyte|t1=plant}} + -phyte, {{cog|la|cormus}} Latin cormus Head templates: {{en-noun}} cormophyte (plural cormophytes)
  1. (now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte Tags: informal Categories (topical): Botany Derived forms: cormophytic Coordinate_terms: thallophyte

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