hylophyte

English

Etymology

hylo- +‎ -phyte

Noun

hylophyte (plural hylophytes)

  1. A plant that grows best in woods or forests.
    • 1900, Roscoe Pound, Frederic E. Clements, The Phytogeography of Nebraska, second edition, page 172:
      In the present treatment they have been divided according to biological characteristics into hylophytes or forest plants, poophytes or meadow plants, and aletophytes, ruderal or waste plants.
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