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chamaephyte

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cham⋅ae⋅phyte

[kam-uh-fahyt]
–noun Botany.
a plant having dormant vegetative buds at, or slightly above, ground level.

Origin:
1910–15; < Gk chamaí on the ground + -phyte
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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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