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noun
A plant or fungus that lives on dead or living organic matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From New Latin hysterophȳtum, from Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb, figuratively the earth”) + φῡτόν (phūtón, “plant”). By surface analysis, hystero- + -phyte.
