metaphyton
/ˌmɛtəˈfʌɪtɒn/Limnology
noun
Aggregated freshwater algae that are not attached to a substrate; (originally) specifically those found between or loosely associated with water plants.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Frank Eric Round (b. 1927). From German Metaphyton from meta- + ancient Greek ϕυτόν a plant, perhaps after periphyton.
- nitromethane
- nitron
- nitronaphthalene
- nitrone
- nitronium
- nitroparaffin
- nitrophenol
- nitrophile
- nitrophilic
- nitrophilous
- nitrophily
- nitrophobe
- nitrophobic
- nitrophobous
- nitro powder
- nitro proof
- nitro-prove
- nitroprusside
- nitropyrene
- nitroreductase
- nitroreduction
- nitrosamide
- nitrosamine
- nitrosatable
- nitrosate