metáfito

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Spanish

Etymology

From meta- +‎ -fito.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈtafito/
  • Rhymes: -afito
  • Syllabification: me‧tá‧fi‧to

Noun

metáfito m (plural metáfitos)

  1. (botany) metaphyte
    • 1925, Tomás Cerruti, Citología: Formación de las células, page 53:
      En el metazoario y en el metáfito, esas mismas funciones son desempeñadas por grupos de células que constituyen órganos y aparatos especializados.
      In the metazoan and the metaphyte, these same functions are performed by groups of cells that constitute specialized organs and apparatus.
    • 2009 December, Baltasar Cabezudo, Federico Casimiro-Soriguer Solanas, Andrés V. Pérez Latorre, Dana Valentina Sanchez, Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ortega) Einfer (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) nuevo metáfito en el Sur de la Península Ibérica (Málaga, España), Universidad de Málaga:
      Con los datos que tenemos […] H. glauca se comporta como metáfito […] es decir, está establecida permanentemente y ocupa mayoritariamente ambientes ruderales litorales.
      With the data we have H. glauca behaves as a metaphyte that is, it is permanently established and mostly occupies coastal ruderal environments.
    • 2010 April, Daniel Guillot Ortiz, La tribu Anthemideae Cass. (Asteraceae) en la flora alóctona de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares:
      En España habitualmente se cultiva como ornamental, aunque ocasionalmente se naturaliza en medios nitrificados, sobre todo en cunetas de carreteras, terrenos baldíos y líneas férreas, comportándose como un metáfito […]
      In Spain it is usually cultivated as an ornamental, although occasionally it naturalizes in nitrified environments, especially in road ditches, vacant land and railway lines, behaving like a metaphyte

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