tropophyte

English

Etymology

From German Tropophyt. Surface reading of tropo- (“changeable”) +‎ -phyte (“plant”).

Noun

tropophyte (plural tropophytes)

  1. (biology) Any plant that lives in an environment in which heavy rainfall alternates with periods of drought

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