English Explanatory Dictionary

biostrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms

Word forms

biostrome biostromes

Etymology

bio- (“life”) + Latin stroma (“coverlet”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed, mattress”).

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