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Definition of: tropophyte
(trop′ə·fīt) noun Ecol.
Any of the plants that adapt themselves to seasonal changes of dryness or cold and also of moisture: they form the highest type of temperate-zone plants, as the deciduous trees. [<Gk. tropos a turning, change + -PHYTE]
—trop′o·phyt′ic (-fit′ik) adjective
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