microphyticadj.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈfɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈfɪdɪk/, /ˌmaɪkrəˈfɪdɪk/ Biology.
Of or relating to microphytes; of the nature of or characteristic of a microphyte.
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microphytal1859
microzoic1862
microphytic1869
corpusculous1871
germicide1871
mycetic1874
microzoal1876
microbic1881
microbian1883
microbial1887
microbal1888
microorganismal1888
micro-organic1891
microbious1892
1869 Proc. Royal Soc. 18 477 Our examination of the surface-waters, however, has afforded no evidence of the existence of such Microphytic vegetation in quantity at all sufficient to supply the vast demand.
1881 Nature No. 616. 373 The microphytic origin of an important cancroid disease of horned cattle.
1925 Jrnl. Ecol. 13 98 (heading) The microphytic flora of the shore-line waters.
1949 Jrnl. Ecol. 37 293 This commonly consists of a blackening film or crust of more or less microphytic Myxophyceae or lichens adapted for life at a particular level.
1979 Kalikasan: Philippine Jrnl. Biol. 8 51 Thirty-two species and five varieties of marine microphytic algae are described and annotated for the first time from the Philippines.
1994 Archiv f. Hydrobiol. Supplementband 105 189 In their opinion our actual knowledge is insufficient to subdivide the presumably larger part of the genus Nostoc with microphytic thalli.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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