| 单词 | heterophyte |
| 释义 | heterophyte[ het-er-uh-fahyt ] / ˈhɛt ər əˌfaɪt / noun Botany.a plant that secures its nutrition directly or indirectly from other organisms; a parasite or saprophyte. Compare autophyte. Origin of heterophytehetero- + -phyte OTHER WORDS FROM heterophytehet·er·o·phyt·ic [het-er-uh-fit-ik], /ˌhɛt ər əˈfɪt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby heterophyteheterophoria, heterophthalmus, Heterophyes, heterophyiasis, heterophyllous, heterophyte, heteroplasia, heteroplastic, heteroplastic graft, heteroplasty, heteroploid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for heterophyteheterophyte [ hĕt′ər-ə-fīt′ ] A plant that obtains its nourishment from other living or dead organisms. For example, Indian pipe is a pale white plant without chlorophyll that obtains its nutrition from fungal symbionts. See also heterotroph. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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