| 单词 | cryophyte | 
| 释义 | > as lemmascryophyte   cryophyte  n.  Brit.  , U.S.   Botany a plant or alga which can withstand very cold or freezing conditions, esp. one growing in snow or ice.ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > 			[noun]		 > that grow in cold environments or at high altitude alpestral1706 Alpine1800 microtherm1874 hekistotherm1875 cryophyte1909 1909    E. Warming et al.  Oecol. Plants xxxvii. 154  				Closely allied to plankton, but of a subsidiary..nature, is the glacial community forming the cryophyte-formation, which is composed of microphytes that are periodically exposed to ice-cold water. 1960    N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. xv. 490  				It is perhaps best to refer to the plants growing on snow or ice as ‘cryophytes’. 2001    Global & Planetary Change 31 277/2  				The high proportion of cold-resistant cryophytes..and the absence of any boreal elements suggest extremely low temperatures and poor winter snow cover. < as lemmas  | 
	
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