| biocoenology | The study of ecological communities and of interactions among their members. See biocoenosis n. | 1919 | Go To Quotation |
| clone | trans. Biol. To propagate (an organism or cell) as a clone. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| cloned | Produced by cloning (see cloning n. 1). | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| cloning | The action or process of producing a clone (in various senses). | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| codependent | Of two or more entities, mathematical or logical objects, or their values: dependent… | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| disclimax | (See quots.) | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| eco- | = ecogeographic adj. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| genet | A genetically distinct entity, spec. one consisting of a number of individuals produced by asexual reproduction. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| hemicryptophyte | (See quot. 1932.) Also attrib. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| meltwater | Water formed by the melting of ice or snow, esp. from a glacier. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| mesomorphous | Bot. = mesomorphic adj. 4. rare. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| microenvironment | A small-scale, local, or specialized environment, esp. as a distinct part of a… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| micromorphological | Of or relating to micromorphology; apparent under micromorphological investigation. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| microtopography | The surface features of an area, material, etc., on a small or microscopic scale; the study of such features. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| midshore | Situated or occurring in the middle of a shore (viewed along a line from the sea to the land). | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| monoclimax | A single vegetational climax as the hypothetical end-point of development for all… | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| mull | Humus which does not form a distinct layer on top of the soil but is admixed with… | 1923 | Go To Quotation |
| mycotrophic | Of, relating to, or dependent on mycotrophy; (of a plant) living in association with… | 1919 | Go To Quotation |
| nodum | A plant community of any rank; spec. one below the rank of association. | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| oligosaprobe | An oligosaprobic organism. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| ombrogenous | Of peat, a bog, etc.: dependent on precipitation for its formation and maintenance. | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| ombrotrophic | Of bogs and their vegetation: mostly dependent on precipitation for formation and sustenance. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| one-egg | Characterized by or consisting of a single egg. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| pedogenetic | Of, relating to, or involving pedogenesis; pedogenic, soil-forming. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| periphyton | The organisms, collectively, that live on the surfaces of submerged plants and other… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| phytoclimate | Local climate in its ecological aspects, esp. in relation to plant life. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| phytoclimatic | Of or relating to phytoclimate. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| phytosociological | Of or relating to phytosociology. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| phytosociologist | An expert in or student of phytosociology. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| planktonological | = planktological adj. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| planktonologist | = planktologist n. | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
| polyclimax | The presence of several distinct stable communities of plants within a given region. Freq. attrib. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| therophyte | (See quot. 1960.) | 1913 | Go To Quotation |
