waardplant

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of waard (“innkeeper, host”) +‎ plant (“plant”). Cf. German Wirtspflanze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaːrt.plɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: waard‧plant

Noun

waardplant f (plural waardplanten)

1. A host plant.

Further reading

• waardplant on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl