poophyte

English

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “grass”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”). By surface analysis, poa +‎ -phyte.

Noun

poophyte (plural poophytes)

1. A plant that grows best in grass-covered meadows.
   • 1905, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign‎^[1], Robert Hardwicke, page 335:

     Passing through the heliophilous poads and poophytes, we arrived at a forewold abounding in driodads and sciophytes, the cyriodoche of the latter being somewhat interfered with by pyrium and ecballium; further on, hylads, hylodads, and hylophytes diversified the scene.