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pleustophytes

pleustophytes is the plural 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

Questions about pleustophytes

What is pleustophytes the plural of?
Pleustophytes is the plural of pleustophyte.

Words near pleustophytes in the dictionary

  1. pleurovisceral
  2. pleuræ
  3. pleuston
  4. pleustonic
  5. pleustophyte
  6. pleustophytes
  7. Pleuven
  8. Pleva
  9. Plevas
  10. Pleven
  11. plevin

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