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Definition: Halophyte |
HalophyteNoun1. Plant growing naturally in very salty soil. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Halophyte \Hal"o*phyte\, noun. [from Greek expression "a`ls, "alo`s, salt plant.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Biology & Biotechnology | A plant that is more or less restricted to saline soil or to sites that are influenced by salt water. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Adaptation to saline environments by halophytes may take the form of salt tolerance (see halotolerance) or salt avoidance. Plants that avoid the effects of high salt even though they live in a saline environment may be referred to as facultative halophytes rather than 'true', or obligatory, halophytes.
For example, a short-lived plant species that completes its reproductive life cycle during periods (such as a rainy season) when the salt concentration is low would be avoiding salt rather than tolerating it. Or a plant species may maintain a 'normal' internal salt concentration by excreting excess salts through its leaves or by concentrating salts in leaves that later die and drop off. (Whether the latter is tolerance or avoidance may depend on one's point of view...)
Related information: biosalinity, halophile.
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| Language | Translations for "halophyte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | halofyt, saltplante. (various references) | |
Dutch | halofyt, zoutplant. (various references) | |
Finnish | halofyytti, suolakkokasvi. (various references) | |
French | halophyte. (various references) | |
German | Halophyt, Salzpflanze. (various references) | |
Italian | alofita. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alophytehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | halófito, halófita. (various references) | |
Spanish | halofitos, halófita. (various references) | |
Swedish | halofyt, saltväxt. (various references) | |
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Words beginning with "halophyte": halophytes. (additional references) | |
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"Halophyte" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Holobyte, rheophyte. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "halophyte" (pronounced 'Hal"o*phyte'): Aerophyte, Anophyte, Carpophyte, Dermatophyte, Dermophyte, Entophyte, Eophyte, Epiphyte, gametophyte, hydrophyte, Hysterophyte, Keratophyte, lithophyte, Microphyte, Myrmecophyte, Neophyte, Oophyte, Protophyte, saprophyte, Schizophyte, spermatophyte, Spermophyte, sporophyte, Zoophyte, Zymophyte, Zyophyte. (additional references) |
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| Words within the letters "a-e-h-h-l-o-p-t-y" | |
-2 letters: healthy, taphole. | |
-3 letters: health, heathy, hyetal, hyphae, hyphal, loathe, pelota, peyotl, phylae, phytol, teapoy. | |
-4 letters: aleph, altho, aptly, atopy, ephah, ethyl, haole, haply, heath, helot, holey, hotel, hotly, hoyle, hypha, lathe, lathy, leapt, lepta, loath, lotah, palet, patly, peaty, petal, phyla, phyle, plate, platy, pleat, tepal, tepoy, thole, tophe, typal. | |
-5 letters: ahoy, aloe, alto, atop, eath, epha, haet, hale, halo, halt, hate, hath, heal, heap, heat, helo, help, heth, hole, holp, holt, holy, hope, hoya, hyla, hype, hypo, hyte, late, lath, leap, lept, lope, lota, loth, oath, olea, opah, opal, pale, paly, pate, path, paty, peal, peat, pelt, phat, phot, plat, play, plea, plot, ploy, poet, pole, poly, tael, tale, tape, teal, tela, tepa, thae, they, toea, tola, tole, tope, toph, type, typo, yeah, yelp. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-h-l-o-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: halophytes. | |
+2 letters: hypothermal, thallophyte. | |
+3 letters: hypothetical, thallophytes. | |
+4 letters: anthophyllite, phosphorylate, phytochemical. | |
+5 letters: anthophyllites, encephalopathy, hypothetically, phenylthiourea, phosphorylated, phosphorylates, phthalocyanine, plethysmograph, theosophically. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101100 01101111 01110000 01101000 01111001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a l o p h y t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006C 006F 0070 0068 0079 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)426778818274918671 |
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