| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SUFFIX: | 1. A plant with a specified character or habitat: halophyte. 2. A pathological growth: osteophyte. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek phuton, plant, from phuein, to make grow. See bheu - in Appendix I.
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