| 单词 | cryptophyte |
| 释义 | cryptophyte in British English (ˈkrɪptəˌfaɪt) noun any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface Derived forms cryptophytic (ˌkrɪptəˈfɪtɪk) adjective cryptophyte in American English (ˈkrɪptəˌfait) noun 1. Botany a plant that forms its reproductive structures, as corms or bulbs, underground or underwater 2. Biology cryptomonad Derived forms cryptophytic (ˌkrɪptəˈfɪtɪk) adjective Word origin [1900–05; crypto- + -phyte]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, clone, decompression, geopolitics, hormonecrypto- is a combining form meaning “hidden,” “secret,” used in the formation of compoundwords. Other words that use the affix crypto- include: cryptogenic, cryptogram, cryptovolcanic, cryptozoic, cryptozoology; -phyte is a combining form meaning “plant,” used as the final element of compound words.Other words that use the affix -phyte include: cryophyte, macrophyte, oophyte, schizophyte, thallophyteExamples of 'cryptophyte' in a sentence |
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