hydrophyte

A plant that grows partly or wholly in water, either rooted in the mud or floating without anchorage.

• 🇫🇷Plante qui pousse partiellement ou entièrement dans l'eau, soit en s'enracinant dans la vase, soit en flottant sans être fixée.

1. Aquatic plant C1 formal scientific

   A plant that grows partly or wholly in water, either rooted in the mud (like a lotus) or floating without anchorage (like the water hyacinth).

   • The lotus is a classic example of a hydrophyte with its roots in the mud and leaves on the surface.
   • Water hyacinths are floating hydrophytes that can quickly cover a pond.
   • Many hydrophytes have adapted to survive in low-oxygen aquatic environments.

   🇫🇷Plante aquatique

   Synonymes: aquatic plantwater plant

   Antonymes: xerophyte

• hydrophytes plural form
• hydrophytes' possessive plural form
• hydrophyte's possessive singular form