Definition
a plant that can survive and grow in extremely cold or frozen environments.
Etymology
From Greek 'kryos' (cold) + 'phyte' (plant), following the pattern of '-phyte' plant names like 'epiphyte' (plant that grows on other plants).
Kelly Says
Arctic mosses and lichens are cryophytes that grow so slowly—sometimes just millimeters per year—that some patches in the Arctic Circle might be thousands of years old and still look tiny.
Translations
ARالعربية
كريبوفايت
kri-bu-fai-t
BNবাংলা
ক্রাইওফাইট
krai-o-fai-t
CACatalà
criptofit
kri-pto-fit
CSČeština
kryofyta
kri-o-fi-ta
DADansk
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
DEDeutsch
Kryophyt
kri-o-fit
ELΕλληνικά
κρυοφυτό
kri-o-fy-to
ESEspañol
criptofita
kri-pto-fi-ta
FAفارسی
کریوفیت
kri-o-fit
FISuomi
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
FRFrançais
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
GUGU
ક્રાયોફિટ
krai-o-fit
HEעברית
קריופיט
kri-o-fit
HIहिन्दी
क्रायोफाइट
krai-o-fai-t
HUMagyar
kriofita
kri-o-fi-ta
IDBahasa Indonesia
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
ITItaliano
criptofit
kri-pto-fit
JA日本語
クリオフィート
kurio-fi-to
KMKM
ក្រីយូហ្វីត
kri-yu-fi-t
KO한국어
크라이오파이트
keu-rai-o-pai-teu
MRMR
क्रायोफिट
krai-o-fit
MSBahasa Melayu
kriofit
kri-o-fit
MYမြန်မာ
ကြိုးဖိုင်တ
k'yi-fo-tai
NLNederlands
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
NONorsk
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
PAPA
ਕ੍ਰਾਈਓਫਿਟ
krai-io-fi-t
PLPolski
kryofit
kry-o-fit
PTPortuguês
criptofita
kri-pto-fi-ta
RORomână
criptofit
kri-pto-fit
RUРусский
криофит
kri-o-fit
SVSvenska
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
SWKiswahili
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
TAதமிழ்
கிரைஃபோஃபைட்
kurai-fo-fai-t
TEతెలుగు
క్రైయోఫైట్
krai-o-fai-t
THไทย
คริโอไฟต์
kʰriːo-fai-t
TRTürkçe
kriofit
kri-o-fit
UKУкраїнська
криофіт
kri-o-fit
URاردو
کریو فائٹ
kri-u fai-t
VITiếng Việt
cryophyte
kri-o-fit
ZH中文
冷冻植物
lěng dòng zhíwù