"rheophyte" meaning in English

See rheophyte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹiːə(ʊ)fʌɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹi.əˌfaɪt/ [US] Forms: rheophytes [plural]
Etymology: rheo- (“flow, current”) + -phyte (“plant”) Etymology templates: {{confix|en|rheo|phyte|t1=flow, current|t2=plant}} rheo- (“flow, current”) + -phyte (“plant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rheophyte (plural rheophytes)
  1. (botany) A plant that grows in running water, such as in a stream or river Categories (topical): Botany Related terms: rheophytic

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for rheophyte meaning in English (1.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rheo",
        "3": "phyte",
        "t1": "flow, current",
        "t2": "plant"
      },
      "expansion": "rheo- (“flow, current”) + -phyte (“plant”)",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "rheo- (“flow, current”) + -phyte (“plant”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rheophytes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rheophyte (plural rheophytes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with rheo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -phyte",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "en:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A plant that grows in running water, such as in a stream or river"
      ],
      "id": "en-rheophyte-en-noun-CyO4kir6",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) A plant that grows in running water, such as in a stream or river"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "rheophytic"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːə(ʊ)fʌɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹi.əˌfaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rheophyte"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rheo",
        "3": "phyte",
        "t1": "flow, current",
        "t2": "plant"
      },
      "expansion": "rheo- (“flow, current”) + -phyte (“plant”)",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "rheo- (“flow, current”) + -phyte (“plant”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rheophytes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "rheophyte (plural rheophytes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rheophytic"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with rheo-",
        "English terms suffixed with -phyte",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A plant that grows in running water, such as in a stream or river"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) A plant that grows in running water, such as in a stream or river"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹiːə(ʊ)fʌɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹi.əˌfaɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rheophyte"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.