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English
Etymology
From tropho- + -phyte.
Noun
trophophyte (plural trophophytes)
- (botany) A plant which behaves as hydrophyte in the rainy season and a xerophyte in the dry season.
Translations
plant which behaves as hydrophyte in the rainy season and a xerophyte in the dry season