hydrophyton

noun

hy·​droph·​y·​ton

hīˈdräfəˌtän

plural hydrophyta

-fətə

: a common support connecting the zooids of a hydroid colony usually including a hydrorhiza and a hydrocaulus

hydrophytous

-fətəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hydr- + Greek phyton plant

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