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hygrophyte Bot.|ˈhaɪgrəʊfaɪt|
[f. hygro- + Gr. ϕυτόν plant.]
A plant that grows in a moist habitat. Hence hygroˈphytic a.
1903W. R. Fisher tr. Schimper's Plant-Geogr. i. 17 Typical hygrophytes have weakly developed roots, elongated axes, and large thin leaf-blades. 1932Fuller & Conard tr. Braun-Blanquet's Plant Sociol. v. 126 Hygrophytes, moisture-loving species with favourable water economy,..have morphological devices that permit the free loss of water. 1936M. I. Newbigin Plant & Animal Geogr. vii. 126 The actual appearance of the forests in any area depends on the competition between the hygrophytic species proper and those adapted to withstand seasonal drought. 1952J. Clegg Freshwater Life 50 The plants in the marshy area surrounding the pond are..not truly aquatic... They are usually referred to as hygrophytes.., in contrast to the true water-plants, which are called hydrophytes. 1960N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xi. 325 With further rising in level of the soil surface and relative depression of the water-table, shrubs and ultimately trees enter and in time give rise to a hygrophytic woodland. 1965Bell & Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. 177 In the hygrophytes we find large, thin, delicate laminae, rich in sap. |