Usually means: Low nutrients, clear, low productivity.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. oligotrophic: Merriam-Webster
  2. oligotrophic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oligotrophic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oligotrophic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oligotrophic: Wordnik
  6. oligotrophic: Wiktionary
  7. oligotrophic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. oligotrophic: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. oligotrophic: Dictionary.com
  10. Oligotrophic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. oligotrophic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oligotrophic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. oligotrophic: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Bryological (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (oligotrophic)

adjective:  (physiology, of a diet) deficient in nutrition (providing little nourishment)
adjective:  (biology, of a body of water) being poor in nutrients and minerals
adjective:  (geography, of a wetland) deficient in plant nutrients, such as nitrogen or phosphorus.

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