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psephyte

psephyte noun: a lake-bottom sediment composed of plant remains.

Noun

psephyte (countable and uncountable, plural psephytes)

  1. A lake-bottom sediment composed of plant remains.
    • The barometric effeciency of the aquifer of limestone is greater than that of sand psephyte which is greater than that of igneous rock, and that of igneous rock is greater that that of Quarternary sand psephyte.1990, Jia Huazhou, Dong Shouyu, Guo Yixin, “Groundwater Level Analysis and Summary of Influence Factors on Groundwater Level”, in Chen Zhangli, editor, Collected Papers of the Methods of Earthquake...

Forms of psephyte

pluralpsephytes

Origin of psephyte

From pseph- + -phyte.

Questions about psephyte

What does psephyte mean?
Psephyte means a lake-bottom sediment composed of plant remains.
What part of speech is psephyte?
Psephyte is a noun.
What is the plural of psephyte?
The plural of psephyte is psephytes.

Words near psephyte in the dictionary

  1. psephologically
  2. psephologist
  3. psephologists
  4. psephology
  5. psephomancy
  6. psephyte
  7. psephytes
  8. psephytic
  9. PSes
  10. psettodid
  11. psettodids

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