A plant that exhibits a growth pattern where new shoots emerge directly from the roots or base of the plant rather than the main stem.
From Greek dia- (through, across) + phyton (plant, growth), literally meaning 'through-plant,' used in botany to describe specific growth patterns.
Many trees and shrubs use diaphotic growth to survive damage—when a forest fire burns the main trunk, the plant's roots send up new shoots from the ground, allowing the plant to recover and spread wider than before.
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