benthophyte

benthophyte

English

Etymology

From bentho- (“related to the benthos (flora and fauna of the deep)”) +‎ -phyte (“plant”).

Noun

benthophyte (plural benthophytes)

  1. (ecology) Any plant that grows on the bed of a river or other body of water
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