CHAMAEPHYTE

Meaning of CHAMAEPHYTE in English

[ 'kamɪfʌɪt ]

■ noun Botany a woody plant whose resting buds are on or near the ground.

Origin

early 20th cent.: from Gk khamai 'on the ground' + -phyte .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CHAMAEPHYTE — noun see: humble Date: 1913 a perennial plant that bears its perennating buds just above the surface of the soil
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHAMAEPHYTE — ˈkaməˌfīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: chamae- + -phyte : a perennial plant that bears its over-wintering buds above the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHAMAEPHYTE — /kam"euh fuyt'/ , n. Bot. a plant having dormant vegetative buds at, or slightly above, ground level. [ 1910-15; chamaí …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHAMAEPHYTE — noun Etymology: Greek chamai on the ground + English -phyte — more at humble Date: 1913 : a perennial plant …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHAMAEPHYTE — [cham.ae.phyte] n [Gk chamai on the ground + E -phyte--more at humble] (1913): a perennial plant that bears its perennating …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHAMAEPHYTE — n. a plant whose buds are on or near the ground. [Gk khamai on the ground + -PHYTE]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHAMAEPHYTE — n. a plant whose buds are on or near the ground. [ Gk khamai on the ground + -PHYTE ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHAMAEPHYTE — n. a plant whose buds are on or near the ground. Etymology: Gk khamai on the ground + -PHYTE
Oxford English vocab
CHAMAEPHYTE — хамефит
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CHAMAEPHYTE — хамефит
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CHAMAEPHYTE — n. Pronunciation: ' ka-mi- ˌ f ī t Function: noun Etymology: Greek chamai on the ground + English -phyte ― …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
UNDERSHRUB — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: under (III) + shrub 1. : subshrub 1 2. : a small low-growing shrub ; especially : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHANEROPHYTE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌfīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phaner- + -phyte : a perennial plant that bears its overwintering …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GEOPHYTE — ˈjēəˌfīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: ge- + -phyte : a perennial plant that bears its overwintering buds below the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ХАМЕФИТ — 1) chamaephyte 2) surface plant
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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