Definition
An organism or plant part that produces or grows cartilage-like tissue; used in botanical or medical contexts to describe cartilaginous growth.
Etymology
From Greek 'chondros' (cartilage) + 'phyte' (plant or organism). The '-phyte' suffix comes from Greek 'phyton' (plant) and is widely used in biology to name organisms that grow or produce something.
Kelly Says
The term chondrophyte is mostly historical now, replaced by more specific modern medical terminology, but it's a great example of how scientists in the past tried to organize nature with consistent naming patterns.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
chini-pho-it
chini-pho-it
ARالعربية
نبات صلب
nabat salib
BNবাংলা
কণ্ড্রোফাইট
kondrofait
CACatalà
condrofit
kon-dro-fit
CSČeština
chondrophyte
chondrofit
DADansk
chondrophyte
kondrofit
DEDeutsch
Chondrophyt
kondro-fit
ELΕλληνικά
χόνδροφυτικό
khondrofytiko
ESEspañol
condrofit
kon-dro-fit
FAفارسی
گیاه استخوانی
gīāh estā'ūnī
FISuomi
chondrofytti
kon-dro-fitti
FRFrançais
chondrophyte
kondro-fit
GUGU
ચાંડ્રોફાઈટ
chaandrofait
HAHA
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
HEעברית
צמח שריון
tzam'ach sh'riyon
HIहिन्दी
कंड्रोफाइट
kondrofait
HUMagyar
chondrophyte
kondrofit
IDBahasa Indonesia
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
IGIG
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
ITItaliano
condrofit
kon-dro-fit
JA日本語
軟骨植物
nenkotsu-shokubutsu
KKKK
хондрофит
khondrofit
KMKM
ចន្ទ្រព័រ
chan-drep-for
KO한국어
연골 식물
yeon-gol sig-mul
MRMR
chondrophyte
chondrofit
MSBahasa Melayu
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
MYမြန်မာ
ချောင်းပြုံ
chaung-pyu-ng
NLNederlands
chondrophyte
kondro-fit
NONorsk
chondrophyte
kondrofit
PAPA
chondrophyte
chondrofit
PLPolski
chondrophyte
chondrofit
PTPortuguês
condrofit
kon-dro-fit
RORomână
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
RUРусский
хондрофит
khondrofit
SVSvenska
chondrophyte
kondrofit
SWKiswahili
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
TAதமிழ்
கண்ட்ரோபைட்
kandropaiṭ
TEతెలుగు
చండ్రోఫైట్
chandrofait
THไทย
โคนโดโรไฟต์
kon-do-ro-fait
TLTL
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
TRTürkçe
chondrophyte
kondrofit
UKУкраїнська
хондрофіт
khondrofit
URاردو
کندروفايت
kondrofait
VITiếng Việt
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
YOYO
chondrophyte
kon-dro-fit
ZUZU
kondrophyte
kon-dro-fit