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2024
benthophyte
benthophyte
English
Noun
benthophyte
(
plural
benthophytes
)
(
ecology
)
Any
plant
that grows on the bed of a
river
or other body of water
Etymology
benthos
(
“
flora and fauna of the deep
”
)
+
-phyte
(
“
plant
”
)
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