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Definition of: phytobenthon
(fī′tō·ben′thon) noun Bot.
Plant organisms growing at the bottom of seas, lakes, and other large bodies of water. Compare GEOBENTHOS. [<PHYTO- + Gk. benthos the depth of the sea]
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