cormophyte

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”) -phyte (“plant”); see also corm (“swollen underground stem”), Latin cormus. By surface analysis, cormo- +‎ -phyte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔːməʊfaɪt/ === Noun === cormophyte (plural cormophytes) (now informal, botany) Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte ==== Coordinate terms ==== thallophyte ==== Derived terms ==== cormophytic === Anagrams === chromotype, ectomorphy