dendrophyte etymology

English word dendrophyte comes from English -phyte, English dendro- (Dendr- + -o-.)

Detailed word origin of dendrophyte

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-phyte English (eng) A pathological growth, e.g. osteophyte.. A plant that grows in a specified form or habit, e.g. anthophyte, macrophyte.. A plant that grows in a specified habitat, e.g. acrophyte.. A taxonomic group of plants or algae, e.g. arthrophyte, cyanophyte.
dendro- English (eng) Dendr- + -o-.
dendrophyte English (eng) (botany) any plant which grows in trees.

Words with the same origin as dendrophyte

Descendants of -phyte
bacillariophyte chamerophyte charophyte cormophytic dermatophytic dermophyte endophyte entomophyte euglenophyte holosaprophyte hydrophyte limnodophyte megaphyte nanophanerophyte oceanophyte ombrophyte oophyte oöphyte schizophyte spermaphyte xenophyte xerophytic zoophytic zosterophyllophyte zygophyte
Descendants of dendro-
dendroarchaeology dendrochemistry dendrochronological dendrochronologist dendrochronology dendroclimatic dendroclimatological dendroclimatology dendrodate dendrodendritic dendroecology dendrogeomorphological dendrogeomorphology dendroglioma dendrogram dendrohydrology dendrolite dendrology dendromancy dendrometer dendrometry dendrophile dendrophobia dendrothermal