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Meaning of "helophyte" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HELOPHYTE

From Modern Greek helos marsh + -phyte.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HELOPHYTE

helophyte  [ˈhɛləfaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HELOPHYTE

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Helophyte is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HELOPHYTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

helophyte

Helophyte

A helophyte is a plant that grows in marsh, partly submerged in water, so that it regrows from buds below the water surface. Fringing stands of tall vegetation by water basins and rivers may include helophytes. Examples include stands of Equisetum fluviatile, Glyceria maxima, Hippuris vulgaris, Sagittaria, Carex, Schoenoplectus, Sparganium, Acorus, yellow flag, Typha and Phragmites australis.

Definition of helophyte in the English dictionary

The definition of helophyte in the dictionary is any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HELOPHYTE


bryophyte
ˈbraɪəˌfaɪt
bullfight
ˈbʊlˌfaɪt
catfight
ˈkætˌfaɪt
cockfight
ˈkɒkˌfaɪt
cyanophyte
saɪˈænəfaɪt
dogfight
ˈdɒɡˌfaɪt
epiphyte
ˈɛpɪˌfaɪt
fight
faɪt
firefight
ˈfaɪəˌfaɪt
gametophyte
ɡəˈmiːtəʊˌfaɪt
graphite
ˈɡræfaɪt
gunfight
ˈɡʌnˌfaɪt
hemicryptophyte
ˌhɛmɪˈkrɪptəfaɪt
hemimorphite
ˌhɛmɪˈmɔːfaɪt
macrophyte
ˈmækrəʊˌfaɪt
neophyte
ˈniːəʊˌfaɪt
phosphite
ˈfɒsfaɪt
phreatophyte
frɪˈætəfaɪt
prizefight
ˈpraɪzˌfaɪt
sulfite
ˈsʌlfaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HELOPHYTE

helminthological
helminthologist
helminthology
helminthous
helmless
Helmont
helmsman
helmsmanship
helmsmen
helo
Helot
helotage
helotism
helotry
help
help a person off with
help a person on with
help desk
help menu
help out

WORDS THAT END LIKE HELOPHYTE

autophyte
dermatophyte
endophyte
entophyte
geophyte
halophyte
holophyte
hydrophyte
hyte
oophyte
osteophyte
pteridophyte
saprophyte
schizophyte
sciophyte
spermatophyte
spermophyte
tracheophyte
xerophyte
zoophyte
zygophyte

Synonyms and antonyms of helophyte in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «helophyte» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HELOPHYTE

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The translations of helophyte from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «helophyte» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

helophyte
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

helophyte
570 millions of speakers

English

helophyte
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

helophyte
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

helophyte
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

helophyte
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

helophyte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

helophyte
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hélophytes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Helophyte
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Helophyten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

helophyte
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

helophyte
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Helofit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

helophyte
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

helophyte
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॅरोफिटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

helophyte
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elofitiche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

helophyte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

helophyte
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

helophyte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

helophyte
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

helophyte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

helophyte
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

helophyte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of helophyte

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HELOPHYTE»

The term «helophyte» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.070 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HELOPHYTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «helophyte» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «helophyte» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about helophyte

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HELOPHYTE»

Discover the use of helophyte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to helophyte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ecological Engineering: Bridging Between Ecology and Civil ...
Izembart and le Boudec (2003) gave an overview of the possibilities of using helophyte-filtersystems under different circumstances (figure 5.27). It is important to mow the vegetation since the purifying effect is partly based on the absorption  ...
Hein van Bohemen, 2005
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Ecology of Threatened Semi-Arid Wetlands: Long-Term Research ...
7.4. Helophyte. Cover. and. Growth. From a spatial perspective, changes in emergent vegetation resulted in strong fragmentation and cover loss of cut-sedge patches (Cladium mariscus; see below, Álvarez-Cobelas et al. 2008), with a ...
Salvador Sánchez-Carrillo, David G. Angeler, 2011
3
The Eco costs/Value Ratio
anaerobic water purification; - bio rotor; - helophyte filter; - membrane filter; - sub- surface infiltration bed; - oxidation bed. Each system has its pros and cons, costs and space consumption. Thus a helophyte filter purification system can only be ...
Hendriks, prof. dr. ir. Ch. F., J Vogtländer, dr. ir. J.G., 2002
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Vegetation of inland waters
Type 7: Helophyte communities Helophyte communities are usually an integral part of the river community and together with true helophytes complex vegetation types are formed. There are four main types of helophytes that take part in the ...
Jean-Jacques Symoens, 1988
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Environmental Stress: Indication, Mitigation and ...
Beside the importance of underground and above ground biomass of the helophyte, the age of the clone is an important criterion of the functional aspect of the studied population, because the rhizome of Phragmites can accumulate toxics for ...
Mohammad Yunus, Nandita Singh, L.J. de Kok, 2000
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Conservation and Management of Greek Wetlands: Proceedings ...
for freshwater helophyte and forested communities, by Turner (1979) for saltmarsh stands and by Lugo and Snedaker (1974) for mangroves. Submerged and floating-leaved communities occur in an aquatic environment where the phy  ...
P. A. Gerakēs, 1992
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Ecological Engineering for Wastewater Treatment, Second Edition
There are three national policy plans in which the use of helophyte filters is proposed. All of the three plans use these filters for their own specific means of use. In the fourth National Report of Physical Planning (1988, updated 1990), it is  ...
Carl Etnier, Bjorn Guterstam, 1996
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Atlas of Stem Anatomy in Herbs, Shrubs and Trees: Volume 2
Circularly arranged, irregular canals alternating with vascular bundles in a very thinwalled tissue. Stem base of a 20 cm-tall helophyte, periodically inundated site near a pond. Ranunculusflammula, Ranunculaceae. Fig. 3.157. Irregular spaces  ...
Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Annett Börner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, 2012
9
Water Policy in the Netherlands: Integrated Management in a ...
The gray water is successfully purified by two helophyte filters.The effluent ofthis filter bed is kept in ponds and not distributed outside the area to minimize the risk that surrounded surface waters would be contaminated in case of failure of the ...
Stijn Reinhard, 2011
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning: ...
... aquatic plant (2). 1757 emergent aquatic plant [n] (1) phyt. (Helophyte of reed and sedge swamp; ▻emergent aquatic plant 2); syn. reed plant [n] [also UK], emergent aquatic [n] [also US], emergent macrophyte [n] [also US]; s planta ...
Klaus-Jürgen Evert, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HELOPHYTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term helophyte is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dutch Architects Are Using Wood in Amazing, Innovative Ways (+ …
Moreover, the roof is covered in solar panels and a helophyte filter. The helophyte filter—plants that filter a surplus of nutrients from water—is ... «The Epoch Times, Oct 14»
2
Local spellers make semifinals at bee
She was eliminated in round six after she misspelled the word "helophyte," a bog plant. "The best thing about participating at the national bee is ... «Chron.com, Jun 14»
3
Final results for Houston spellers at Scripps Spelling Bee
She was then eliminated after misspelling the word 'helophyte'. She added an extra 'l' to the word, which is a top of bog plant. Shobha Dasari at ... «KTRK-TV, May 14»

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