archaeophyte

== English == === Etymology === From archaeo- (“ancient; early”) +‎ -phyte (“a plant that grows in a specified habitat”). Archaeo- is derived from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient, primeval”), from ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ, “beginning, origin”) (from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin; to command, rule”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “suffix forming adjectives”); while -phyte is from Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón, “plant; tree”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “to arise, grow, spring up”) + -ον (-on, “suffix forming nouns”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈkiː.əˌfaɪt/, /ˈɑː.ki.əˌfaɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈki.əˌfaɪt/, /ˈɑɹ.ki.əˌfaɪt/ Hyphenation: ar‧chae‧o‧phyte === Noun === archaeophyte (plural archaeophytes) (botany) A plant which was introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E. (but especially in prehistoric times). Antonym: neophyte Holonym: archaeophyta ==== Alternative forms ==== archæophyte (obsolete) archeophyte ==== Derived terms ==== archaeophytic ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === archaeophyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia