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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In phytogeography, a plant adapted to grow and habitually growing in sand, as on the seashore, on dunes, etc.
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- noun botany Any
plant which thrives insandy conditions.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psammos, "sand") + -phyte.
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