psephyte

English

Etymology

From pseph- +‎ -phyte.

Noun

psephyte (countable and uncountable, plural psephytes)

1. A lake-bottom sediment composed of plant remains.
   • 1990, Jia Huazhou, Dong Shouyu, Guo Yixin, “Groundwater Level Analysis and Summary of Influence Factors on Groundwater Level”, in Chen Zhangli, editor, Collected Papers of the Methods of Earthquake Prediction and Estimation of Strong Seismic Risk, Beijing: Seismological Press, →ISBN, page 107:

     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.

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Translations

Italian: psefite f