macrophyten.
/ˈmakrə(ʊ)fʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmækrəˌfaɪt/ Botany.
A (usually aquatic) plant visible to the naked eye.
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teleophyte1840
protophyte1850
cellular1879
macrophyte1903
1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. iii. v. iii. 811 In contrast with their behaviour in salt-water seas the majority of macrophytes are rooted to the ground in fresh water.
1933 Jrnl. Ecol. 21 89 In a fast-flowing river macrophytes are not so plentiful, yet it is here that their presence is most valuable, especially because they act..as a shelter and an agent for stabilising the river bed.
1997 Jrnl. Great Lakes Res. 23 297 PCB concentration and congener composition were examined in sediments and two species of macrophytes in the St. Lawrence River.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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