CRYPTOPHYTE


Meaning of CRYPTOPHYTE in English

— cryptophytic /krip'teuh fit"ik/ , adj.

/krip"teuh fuyt'/ , n.

1. Bot. a plant that forms its reproductive structures, as corms or bulbs, underground or underwater.

2. Biol. cryptomonad.

[ 1900-05; CRYPTO- + -PHYTE ]

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