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cryptophyte

[ krip-tuh-fahyt ]
/ ˈkrɪp təˌfaɪt /
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noun
Botany. a plant that forms its reproductive structures, as corms or bulbs, underground or underwater.
Biology. cryptomonad.
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Origin of cryptophyte

First recorded in 1900–05; crypto- + -phyte

OTHER WORDS FROM cryptophyte

cryp·to·phyt·ic [krip-tuh-fit-ik], /ˌkrɪp təˈfɪt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby cryptophyte

cryptomerorrhachischis, cryptometer, cryptomonad, cryptonym, cryptophthalmia, cryptophyte, cryptopodia, cryptoporticus, cryptorchid, cryptorchidectomy, cryptorchidism
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British Dictionary definitions for cryptophyte

cryptophyte
/ (ˈkrɪptəˌfaɪt) /
noun
any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface

Derived forms of cryptophyte

cryptophytic (ˌkrɪptəˈfɪtɪk), adjective
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