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Any normal terrestrial plant that grows in environments that have an average supply of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mesophytic plant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vascular plant, tracheophyte
From French mésophyte, equivalent to meso- (“middle”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
中生植物
(zhōngshēng zhíwù)
— plant that grows with an average supply of water
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Finnish:
mesofyytti
— plant that grows with an average supply of water
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French:
mésophyte
— plant that grows with an average supply of water
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Irish:
méisifít
— plant that grows with an average supply of water
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Italian:
mesofita
— plant that grows with an average supply of water
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Romanian:
mezofită
— plant that grows with an average supply of water
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Tagalog:
halamang basain
— plant that grows with an average supply of water