HETEROPHYTE


Meaning of HETEROPHYTE in English

— heterophytic /het'euhr euh fit"ik/ , adj.

/het"euhr euh fuyt'/ , n. Bot.

a plant that secures its nutrition directly or indirectly from other organisms; a parasite or saprophyte. Cf. autophyte .

[ HETERO- + -PHYTE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .