psephyte

A lake-bottom sediment composed of plant remains.

Noun

  1. A lake-bottom sediment composed of plant remains.
    • The barometric effeciency of the aquifer of limestone is greater than that of sand psephyte which is greater than that of igneous rock, and that of igneous rock is greater that that of Quarternary sand psephyte. - 1990,...

Origin

From pseph- + -phyte.

Forms

psephytes