Archaeophyte

Quick meaning: Archaeophyte is a noun meaning (botany) A plant which was introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E. (but especially in prehistoric times).

Meaning

(botany) A plant which was introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E. (but especially in prehistoric times).

Example Sentences

N. Eur. an archæophyte, following the cereals, Færoes one place, but here noticed with an interval of 30 years.

It may be doubtful whether the three species first mentioned should more properly be regarded as archæophytes, since they also occur outside the actually cultivated soil; […]

Carduus acanthoides […] In Central Bohemia an archeophyte growing in a variety of ruderal habitats (dumps, railroads, construction areas, waste places), in pastures, and abandoned fields.

Anthropochorous plants are divided into (a) those introduced unintentionally, including ephemerophytes (casuals), epoikophytes (colonists, aliens) and archaeophytes (naturalised plants), and (b) those introduced intentionally, including ergasiphytes (foreign cultivated plants) and ergasiphygophytes (escapes from cultivation).

Word Forms

• archaeophytes
• archeophyte

Antonyms for archaeophyte

Common opposites include neophyte.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include archeophyte, archaeophyta, paleophyte, archeobotany, archaeobotanist, autochthon.

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