-phyte

noun combining form

Definition of -phyte

1 : plant having a (specified) characteristic or habitat

xerophyte

2 : pathological outgrowth

osteophyte

Origin and Etymology of -phyte

International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek phyton plant

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