Relating to or characteristic of geophytes; describing plants that survive via underground storage structures.
From geophyte + the adjective suffix -ic. This botanical term emerged in the late 19th century alongside Raunkiaer's plant classification system.
The geophytic strategy is brilliantly simple: leave a tiny bit of living tissue belowground, put all your resources into a hidden energy vault, and wait—when conditions improve, boom, instant plants! It's why deserts and grasslands survive fires and droughts.
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