Hydrophyte

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydrophyte \Hy"dro*phyte\, n. [Gr. ? + ? plant: cf. F.
     hydrophyte.]
     An aquatic plant; an alga.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hydrophyte
       n : a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted
           in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as
           the water hyacinth [syn: {aquatic plant}, {water plant},
           {hydrophytic plant}]