PERIPHYTON


Meaning of PERIPHYTON in English

[ pə'rɪfɪtɒn ]

■ noun Ecology freshwater organisms attached to or clinging to plants and other objects projecting above the bottom sediments.

Derivatives

periphytic adjective

Origin

1960s: from Gk peri- 'around' + phuton 'plant'.

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