Hydrophytic definition
Hydrophytic literally means water-loving. These plants employ various adaptations for survival in a waterlogged and anaerobic environment. Upland plants typically absorb oxygen through roots. Wetland plants are unable to do this so they have developed fascinating alternatives to obtain and transport oxygen.
Examples of Hydrophytic in a sentence
Hydrophytic shrubs and trees are absent, widely scattered, or confined to the ground cover as coppice sprouts.