| -phyte suff. 1. A plant with a specified character or habitat: halophyte. 2. A pathological growth: osteophyte. [From Greek phuton, plant, from phuein, to make grow; see bheu  - in Indo-European roots.] |
-phyte
n combining form
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) indicating a plant of a specified type or habitat lithophyte thallophyte
[from Greek phuton plant]
-phytic adj combining form
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