English
lampenflora
Lampenflora comes from German Lampenflora.
- Germanc. 1650–presentLampenfloraliterally ‘lamp flora’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015lampenflora
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentLampenfloraliterally ‘lamp flora’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015lampenflora
Earliest quotation: 2015, Annette Summers Engel: “Cave invertebrates frequently graze on lampenflora. At many sites…”
Every English word from German Lampenflora
Today it means
noun The growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to artificially installed electric lighting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Lampenflora / lampenflora