Pleustophyte

noun

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

    "The pleustophyte (Luther 1949) life form does not have root or rhizoid contact with the bottom (although benthopleustophytes rest on the bottom)."

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"The pleustophyte (Luther 1949) life form does not have root or rhizoid contact with the bottom (although benthopleustophytes rest on the bottom)."

Etymology

From pleust- + -phyte. Compare pleuston.

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