hygrophilous

British

/ haɪˈɡrɒfɪləs /

adjective

(of a plant) growing in moist places

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hygrophile

noun

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Exalbuminous Monocotyledons are either hydrophytes or strongly hygrophilous plants and have often peculiar features in germination.

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