Bot. [f. ἀν priv. + ἀήρ, ἀέρο-ς air + φυτόν plant; cf. aerophyte.] A plant that does not need a direct suppiy of air.

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1876.  trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 101. The so-called anäerophytes, which do not need the direct influences of the air.

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