halophyte

English

Etymology

From halo- (“salt”) +‎ -phyte (“plant”).

Noun

halophyte (plural halophytes)

1. (botany) Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content

Derived terms

• euhalophyte
• halophytic
• hydrohalophyte
• mesohalophyte
• oligohalophyte
• psammohalophyte
• xerohalophyte

Translations

plant

• Catalan: halòfit m
• Dutch: halofyt (nl) m
• Finnish: suolakkokasvi (fi), halofyytti (fi)
• French: halophyte (fr) m
• Greek: αλόφυτο (el) n (alófyto)
• Italian: alofita f
• Polish: słonorośl f, słonorośle n, halofit (pl) m
• Spanish: halófita f
• Tagalog: halamang tabsingin
• Vietnamese: cây chịu mặn

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.fit/

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Noun

halophyte f (plural halophytes)

1. halophyte