"tropophyte" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tropophytes [plural]
Etymology: From German Tropophyt. Surface reading of tropo- (“changeable”) + -phyte (“plant”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|Tropophyt}} German Tropophyt, {{confix|en|tropo|phyte|t1=changeable|t2=plant}} tropo- (“changeable”) + -phyte (“plant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tropophyte (plural tropophytes)
  1. (biology) Any plant that lives in an environment in which heavy rainfall alternates with periods of drought Categories (topical): Biology

Inflected forms

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