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edaphon

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[ed-uh-fon] / ˈɛd əˌfɒn /

noun

the aggregate of organisms that live in the soil.

Etymology

Origin of edaphon

< German Edaphon (1913) < Greek édaphos ground, floor; -on probably after plankton

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