geophyte

English

Etymology

From geo- (“earth”) +‎ -phyte (“plant”).

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Noun

geophyte (plural geophytes)

  1. (botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.

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