cryptophyte

[krip-tuh-fahyt]

cryp·to·phyte

[krip-tuh-fahyt]
noun
1.
Botany. a plant that forms its reproductive structures, as corms or bulbs, underground or underwater.
2.
Biology. cryptomonad.

Origin:
1900–05; crypto- + -phyte

cryp·to·phyt·ic [krip-tuh-fit-ik] , adjective
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Cryptophyte is always a great word to know.
So is autotroph. Does it mean:
group of mostly aquatic eukaryotic organisms which conduct photosynthesis and make their own food
organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy
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cryptophyte (ˈkrɪptəˌfaɪt)
 
n
any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface
 
cryptophytic
 
adj

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