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biocrust

biocrust noun: biological soil crust.

Noun

biocrust (countable and uncountable, plural biocrusts)

  1. Biological soil crust.
    • Chlorophyll a and exopolysaccharide were used as indicators of the photoautotrophic activity of the biocrust organisms (moss or cyanobacteria) and conditions for moss-dominated crusts development.2015 August 1, “Key Factors Influencing Rapid Development of Potentially Dune-Stabilizing Moss-Dominated Crusts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of biocrust

pluralbiocrusts

Origin of biocrust

From bio- + crust.

Words formed from biocrust

Questions about biocrust

What does biocrust mean?
Biocrust means biological soil crust.
What part of speech is biocrust?
Biocrust is a noun.
What is the plural of biocrust?
The plural of biocrust is biocrusts.

Words near biocrust in the dictionary

  1. biocriminology
  2. biocritical
  3. biocriticism
  4. biocrude
  5. biocrudes
  6. biocrust
  7. biocrusted
  8. biocrusting
  9. biocrusts
  10. biocryptography
  11. biocrystal

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