English Explanatory Dictionary

pleustophyte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aquatic plant that floats, sometimes limited to those without roots or holdfasts fixed to soil or sediment.

Word forms

pleustophyte pleustophytes pleistophyte

Etymology

From pleust- + -phyte. Compare pleuston.

Derived words

acropleustophyte
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