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pleistophyte

pleistophyte is the alternative form of pleustophyte.

Meaning of pleustophyte

Noun

pleustophyte (plural pleustophytes)

  1. An aquatic plant that floats, sometimes limited to those without roots or holdfasts fixed to soil or sediment.
    • The pleustophyte (Luther 1949) life form does not have root or rhizoid contact with the bottom (although benthopleustophytes rest on the bottom).1983, Acta Botanica Fennica, volumes 120-129, page 13

Forms of pleistophyte

pluralpleistophytes

Questions about pleistophyte

What is pleistophyte the alternative form of?
Pleistophyte is the alternative form of pleustophyte.

Words near pleistophyte in the dictionary

  1. pleisiomorph
  2. pleisiomorphic
  3. pleisiomorphs
  4. Pleistocene
  5. Pleistocenic
  6. pleistophyte
  7. pleistophytes
  8. Pleitez
  9. Pleitezes
  10. pleitropic
  11. pleitropically

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