minerotrophic
/ˌmɪnərə(ʊ)ˈtrɒfɪk/ /ˌmɪnərə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊfɪk/Ecology and Soil Science
adjective
Especially of a swamp, fen, or peatland: fed chiefly by ground and surface water and hence supplied with dissolved minerals.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in Ecology. From German minerotroph (G. E. du Rietz inVegetatio 5–6 573; from miner- (in Mineral) + -o- + -troph: see trophic) + -ic.