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lampenflora

lampenflora noun: the growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to artificially installed electric lighting.

Noun

lampenflora (usually uncountable, plural lampenfloras)

  1. (usually) The growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to artificially installed electric lighting.
    • Cave invertebrates frequently graze on lampenflora. At many sites in caves, abundant lampenflora is found at higher photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), longer illumination periods, higher humidity, active seeps, and a presence of sediment.2015, Annette Summers Engel, Microbial Life of Cave Systems
    Synonyms:
    lamp flora

Synonyms of lampenflora

Forms of lampenflora

plurallampenfloras
alternative formLampenflora

Origin of lampenflora

From German Lampenflora (literally “lamp flora”), from Lampen+Flora.

Questions about lampenflora

What does lampenflora mean?
Lampenflora means the growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to artificially installed electric lighting.
What part of speech is lampenflora?
Lampenflora is a noun.
What is the plural of lampenflora?
The plural of lampenflora is lampenfloras.

Words near lampenflora in the dictionary

  1. lamped along
  2. Lampedusa
  3. Lampegia
  4. Lampell
  5. Lampells
  6. lampenflora
  7. lamper
  8. lamper eel
  9. lamper eels
  10. lampern
  11. lamperns

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