cryptophyte
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
crypto- (“hidden”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cryptophyte (plural cryptophytes)
- (biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water
- (biology) A cryptomonad
Translations[edit]
plant with buds overwintering below the surface
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Further reading[edit]
- cryptophyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
cryptophyte m (plural cryptophytes)
Further reading[edit]
- “cryptophyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.