geophyte

A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdʒiːə(ʊ)fʌɪt/
Etymology

From geo- (“earth”) + -phyte (“plant”).

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