benthophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

benthophyte benthophytes

Etymology

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

Related words

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