EUTROPHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eutrophic mean? 

• EUTROPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective EUTROPHIC has 1 sense:

1. (ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication

  Familiarity information: EUTROPHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUTROPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

eutrophication (excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life; the decomposition of the plants depletes the supply of oxygen, leading to the death of animal life)

Domain category:

ecology (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)

 Context examples 

Freshwater lakes range from oligotrophic, with see-to-the-bottom clear waters and low nutrient levels, to eutrophic, with an overgrowth of algae fueled by an excess of nutrients.

(Ancient lakes: eyes into the past, and the future, National Science Foundation)