halophyte

hal·o·phyte

H0031600 (hăl′ə-fīt′)n. A plant adapted to living in a saline environment.

hal′o·phyt′ic (-fĭt′ĭk) adj.

halophyte

(ˈhæləʊˌfaɪt) n (Botany) a plant that grows in very salty soil, as in a salt marsh halophytic adj ˈhaloˌphytism n

hal•o•phyte

(ˈhæl əˌfaɪt)

n. a plant that thrives in saline soil. [1885–90] hal`o•phyt′ic (-ˈfɪt ɪk) adj.

hal·o·phyte

(hăl′ə-fīt′) A plant adapted to living in salty soil, as along the seashore. The mangrove and grasses that grow in salt marshes are halophytes.

Thesaurus

Noun

halophyte - plant growing naturally in very salty soiltracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

Translations

halophyte

(hăl`əfīt'), any plant, especially a seed plant, that is able to grow in habitats excessively rich in salts, such as salt marshes, sea coasts, and saline or alkaline semideserts and steppes. These plants have special physiological adaptations that enable them to absorb water from soils and from seawater, which have solute concentrations that nonhalophytes could not tolerate. Some halophytes are actually succulent, with a high water-storage capacity.

halophyte

[′hal·ə‚fīt] (ecology) A plant or microorganism that grows well in soils having a high salt content.

See halophyte

halophyte

a plant that is tolerant of high concentrations of salt in the soil and atmosphere and normally found close to the sea. For example, the marsh samphire, Salicornia europaea.

halophyte

noun

Words related to halophyte

noun plant growing naturally in very salty soil

Related Words

tracheophyte
vascular plant

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