ergasiophygophyte
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek ἐργᾰσίᾱ (ergasíā, “work, production”) + φῠγή (phugḗ, “flight”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Noun
editergasiophygophyte (plural ergasiophygophytes)
- (ecology, rare) Any formerly cultivated plant that has escaped into the wild.
- 2003, Ludwik Frey, Problems of grass biology, page 196:
- 12 taxa were numbered among ergasiophygophytes
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editFurther reading
edit- “ergasiophygophyte”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.