cryptophyte
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From crypto- (“hidden”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cryptophyte (plural cryptophytes)
- (biology) Any plant whose buds overwinter either below ground, or under water
- (biology) A cryptomonad
Translations
[edit]plant with buds overwintering below the surface
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Further reading
[edit]cryptophyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]cryptophyte m (plural cryptophytes)
Further reading
[edit]- “cryptophyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.