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hal·o·phyte (h

-f

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A plant adapted to living in a saline environment.

halo·phytic (-f

k) adj.

halophyte [ˈhæləʊˌfaɪt]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a plant that grows in very salty soil, as in a salt marsh

halophytic [ˌhæləˈfɪtɪk] adj

halophytism n

halophyte (h

-f

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A plant adapted to living in salty soil, as along the seashore or in salt flats. Mangroves, salt-marsh grasses, and saltbushes are halophytes.

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Noun

halophyte - plant growing naturally in very salty soil

tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

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halophyte (redirected from Salt tolerant plant)

halophyte
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