(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:16:29

Hys*ter"o*phyte (?), n. [Gr. following + plant.] Bot.

A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter.

-- Hys`ter*oph"y*tal (#), a.

 

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