English
geophyte
From geo- (“earth”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Formed from geo ‘earth’ + phyte ‘plant’
Today it means
noun A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
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Etymograph / geophyte