geophyte
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
geo- (“earth”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
geophyte (plural geophytes)
- (botany) A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.