🔤 Cryptophytic ✨

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cryptophytic

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DEFINITION

(Botany) Of or relating to a cryptophyte; a plant whose resting buds are located underground, such as bulbs, rhizomes, or tubers, protected from cold or dry seasons.

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Many desert plants are cryptophytic, surviving the long dry season as protected underground storage organs. The classification system places the tulip and other bulb-bearing flowers in the cryptophytic group. The cool temperatures of the region favor cryptophytic flora that can endure harsh winters. These cryptophytic species rely on their substantial root systems to store nutrients. The botanist identified the sample as a cryptophytic herb based on the location of its renewal buds.

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subterranean underground dormant geophytic hidden

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epigeal aerial exposed aboveground surface