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Meaning of "macrophyte" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MACROPHYTE

macrophyte  [ˈmækrəʊˌfaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MACROPHYTE

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Macrophyte is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MACROPHYTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Macrophyte

A macrophyte is an aquatic plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating. In lakes macrophytes provide cover for fish and substrate for aquatic invertebrates, produce oxygen, and act as food for some fish and wildlife.

Definition of macrophyte in the English dictionary

The definition of macrophyte in the dictionary is a plant which is visible to the naked eye.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MACROPHYTE


dermatophyte
ˈdɜːmətəʊˌfaɪt
embryophyte
ˈɛmbrɪəʊˌfaɪt
endophyte
ˈɛndəʊˌfaɪt
entophyte
ˈɛntəʊˌfaɪt
gametophyte
ɡəˈmiːtəʊˌfaɪt
geophyte
ˈdʒiːəʊˌfaɪt
glycophyte
ˈɡlaɪkəʊˌfaɪt
halophyte
ˈhæləʊˌfaɪt
heliophyte
ˈhiːlɪəʊˌfaɪt
hydrophyte
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌfaɪt
mesophyte
ˈmɛsəʊˌfaɪt
microphyte
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfaɪt
neophyte
ˈniːəʊˌfaɪt
pteridophyte
ˈtɛrɪdəʊˌfaɪt
saprophyte
ˈsæprəʊˌfaɪt
spermatophyte
ˈspɜːmətəʊˌfaɪt
spermophyte
ˈspɜːməʊˌfaɪt
sporophyte
ˈspɔːrəʊˌfaɪt
tracheophyte
ˈtreɪkɪəʊˌfaɪt
zygophyte
ˈzaɪɡəʊˌfaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MACROPHYTE

macronuclei
macronucleus
macronutrient
macrophage
macrophagic
macrophagous
macrophotograph
macrophotography
macrophylum
macrophysics
macrophytic
macropinacoid
macropinakoid
macropod
macroprism
macropsia
macropterous
macroscale
macroscopic
macroscopically

WORDS THAT END LIKE MACROPHYTE

aerophyte
autophyte
bryophyte
chrysophyte
cryptophyte
cyanophyte
cycadophyte
epiphyte
holophyte
hylophyte
hyte
lithophyte
megagametophyte
oophyte
osteophyte
phreatophyte
schizophyte
sciophyte
thallophyte
xerophyte
zoophyte

Synonyms and antonyms of macrophyte in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «macrophyte» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MACROPHYTE

Find out the translation of macrophyte to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of macrophyte from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «macrophyte» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水生植物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

macrófitos
570 millions of speakers

English

macrophyte
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

macrophyte
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

macrophyte
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

макрофитом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

macrófitas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

macrophyte
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

macrophytes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Macrophyte
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Makrophyten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大型植物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

macrophyte
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Macrophyte
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

macrophyte
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய தாவர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅक्रोफाईट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

makrofit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macrofite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

makrofitów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

макрофітами
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

macrofite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μακροφύτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

makrofiete
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

makrofyter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

macrophyte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of macrophyte

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MACROPHYTE»

The term «macrophyte» is regularly used and occupies the 106.047 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of macrophyte
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «macrophyte».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MACROPHYTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «macrophyte» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «macrophyte» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about macrophyte

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACROPHYTE»

Discover the use of macrophyte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to macrophyte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aquatic Macrophyte Risk Assessment for Pesticides
Written by well-known experts in the field of aquatic risk assessment, this book is a practical reference for the assessment of the risk of pesticides with herbicidal activity to aquatic macrophytes.
Lorraine Maltby, 2010
2
Cascading Ecosystem Effects Created as an Invasive ...
The invasive macrophyte Utricularia inflata plays a fundamentally different role in freshwater ecosystems than native isoetids.
Rebecca A. Urban, 2008
3
Lake Veluwe, a macrophyte-dominated system under ...
The work started out as a joint effort of a single project team in the Department of Nature Conservation of Wageningen Agricultural University, but the present volume has benefited considerably from the inputs of several invited colleagues, ...
Wilhelmus van Vierssen, Michiel Hootsmans, Jan Vermaat, 1994
4
Methods in Stream Ecology
(2004) examined macrophyte colonization in hydrologically stable artificial streams with no in situ seed bank or adjacent macrophyte beds, but with an upstream source of vegetative propagules. They found that 10-20 weeks were required for ...
F. Richard Hauer, Gary A. Lamberti, 2011
5
Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement
Hypothetical optimal design of a multistage macrophyte-based system. The system consists of (a) a mechanical pretreatment step (stage 1); (b) four beds with vertical water flow (percolation) and alternating loading (stage 2); (c) two beds with ...
Gerald A. Moshiri, 1993
6
Pond Treatment Technology
2.7. MICROBIOLOGICAL. ASPECTS. OF. SPECIAL. POND. SYSTEMS. 2.7.1. Macrophyte. ponds. The use of water plants or aquatic macrophytes in wastewater treatment is well established and only the relevant aspects of their biology in ...
Andy Shilton, 2005
7
Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective
1993; Scheffer 1998). Shallow lakes can often be differentiated into two equilibrium states: a relatively clearwater, macrophyte-dominated state; and a turbid, phytoplankton-dominated state, which precludes extensive rooted macrophyte ...
John P. Smol, 2009
8
Ecological Effects of Nitrogen Loading to Temperate ...
Macroalgal biomass increased with increasing nitrogen supply.
Sophia Erith Fox, 2008
9
Issues in Global Environment—Freshwater and Marine ...
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Kansas State University, “The objectives of the study were to compare uptake rates per unit area of by primary producers and consumers in macrophyte and non-macrophyte  ...
‎2013
10
Aquatic Biodiversity: A Celebratory Volume in Honour of ...
theless. macrophyte types classified in the April scene do appear in many cases to be coincident with mapped communities. In general, the low,biomass types tl. 2 , and 3) corresponded to areas mapped as Pseudoraphis grassland. and the ...
Koen Martens, Henri J. Dumont, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MACROPHYTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term macrophyte is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Study Shows the Twizel Canals Fishery More Self-Sustaining than …
The sides and bottom of the Tekapo Canal had considerably more macrophyte biomass (aquatic plants) than expected. Photo courtesy of ... «Southern Fishing & Boating, Jul 15»
2
New secrets of the Tekapo canal fishery
Despite the turquoise colour water loaded with glacial silt normally flowing in the canal, a scattered patchwork of macrophyte beds even existed ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
3
A Submerged Aquatic Plant in a CO2-Enriched and Warmer World
Cao, J. and Ruan, H. 2015. Responses of the submerged macrophyte Vallisneria natans to elevated CO2 and temperature. Aquatic Biology 23: ... «CO2 Science Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Baykeeper Announces Retirement
A macrophyte bed study of Grand Traverse Bay. · The launch and introduction of the 23-foot aluminum-hulled, eco-friendly Bay Monitor tugboat ... «Traverse City Ticker, Jun 15»
5
Largemouth bass making bigger splash in Lake Erie
Macrophyte is a generic term for “the conspicuous plants that dominate wetlands, shallow lakes and streams.” Eutrophic refers to waters that ... «Columbus Dispatch, May 15»
6
Roots in the water
But Agua says the key distinction is in the next phases, where macrophyte “lagoons,” supported by its patented “BioMatrix” system, take the ... «Boulder Weekly, Dec 14»
7
Scientists replicate the tide with two buckets, aquarium tubing, and a …
A simple, inexpensive, and field-relevant microcosm tidal simulator for use in marsh macrophyte studies. Applications in Plant Sciences 2(11): ... «EurekAlert, Oct 14»
8
Vaigai can do well without these plants
The aquatic macrophyte spreads over water, forms a green blanket over it and prevents oxygen from getting dissolved in the water. Usually ... «The Hindu, Aug 14»
9
The Ability of Marine Invertebrates to Survive Ocean Acidification
Extreme variations of pCO2 and pH in a macrophyte meadow of the Baltic Sea in summer: evidence of the effect of photosynthesis and local ... «CO2 Science Magazine, May 14»
10
Extreme weather events provide window for scientists studying …
"Although most of the macrophyte carbon is released back to the atmosphere in the same form that it is assimilated, carbon dioxide, some of it is ... «Phys.Org, Apr 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Macrophyte [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/macrophyte>. Apr 2024 ».
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