English
hemicryptophyte
Hemicryptophyte comes from Danish hemikryptofyt, and goes back to kryptofyt.
- Danishmodernkryptofyt
- Danish, derivedmodernhemikryptofyt
- Englishtodayhemicryptophyte
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Danishmodernkryptofyt
- Danish, derivedmodernhemikryptofyt
- Englishtodayhemicryptophyte
Formed from hemi- ‘half’ + cryptophyte
Every English word from Danish kryptofyt
Today it means
noun Any plant whose buds rest on the surface, being protected in various ways.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Danish kryptofyt / hemicryptophyte