-phyte

-phyte

suff.1. A plant with a specified character or habitat: halophyte.2. A plantlike organism: saprophyte.3. A pathological growth: osteophyte.
[From Greek phuton, plant, from phuein, to make grow; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]

-phyte

n combining form (Botany) indicating a plant of a specified type or habitat: lithophyte; thallophyte. [from Greek phuton plant] -phytic adj combining form

-phyte

var. of phyto- as final element of compound words: lithophyte.