[kam-uh-fahyt] 
| a plant having dormant vegetative buds at, or slightly above, ground level. |
| cham·ae·phyte (kām'ə-fīt') n. A low-growing perennial plant whose dormant overwintering buds are borne at or just above the surface of the ground. [Greek khamai, on the ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots + -phyte.] |
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