hysterophyte

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English

Etymology

From New Latin hysterophȳtum, from Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb, figuratively the earth”) + φῡτόν (phūtón, “plant”). By surface analysis, hystero- +‎ -phyte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪstəɹəfaɪt/

Noun

hysterophyte (plural hysterophytes)

  1. (botany) A plant or fungus that lives on dead or living organic matter.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hysterophyte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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