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suff.
  1. A plant with a specified character or habitat: halophyte.
  2. A pathological growth: osteophyte.

[From Greek phuton, plant, from phuein, to make grow.]


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suff.
  1. A plant with a specified character or habitat: saprophyte.
  2. A pathological growth: osteophyte.
 
 
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