BIOSTROME


Meaning of BIOSTROME in English

— biostromal , adj.

/buy"euh strohm'/ , n. Geol.

a bedded, blanketlike sedimentary deposit of organic origin built by marine organisms and including shell beds, flat reefs, and corals.

[ 1930-35; BIO- + Gk strôma layer, bed; see STROMA ]

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