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cryptophytic

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cryp⋅to⋅phyte

  [krip-tuh-fahyt]
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–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

Related forms:
cryp⋅to⋅phyt⋅ic  [krip-tuh-fit-ik] , adjective
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