poophyte

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, grass) + φυτόν (phutón, plant). By surface analysis, poa +‎ -phyte.

Noun[edit]

poophyte (plural poophytes)

  1. A plant that grows best in grass-covered meadows.
    • 1905, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign[1], Robert Hardwicke, page 335:
      Passing through the heliophilous poads and poophytes, we arrived at a forewold abounding in driodads and sciophytes, the cyriodoche of the latter being somewhat interfered with by pyrium and ecballium; further on, hylads, hylodads, and hylophytes diversified the scene.