English Explanatory Dictionary

hydatophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An obligate waterplant; a plant which lives partly or completely submerged in water, such as water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes).

Word forms

hydatophyte hydatophytes

Etymology

From hydato- + -phyte. Hydat- is the stem of Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).

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