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mesophyte Bot.|ˈmɛsəʊfaɪt|
[f. Gr. µέσο-ς middle + ϕυτόν plant.]
1. A plant belonging to a class intermediate between hydrophytes and xerophytes, i.e. avoiding extremes of moisture and dryness.
1899Halsted in Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 110. 1902 J. M. Coulter Plant Studies 175 There is a great middle region of medium water supply, and plants which occupy it are known as mesophytes, the plants of medium conditions.
2. (See quot.)
1890Syd. Soc. Lex., Mesophyte, applied by Clarion to that which is commonly called the vital knot in plants, that is to say, the line of demarcation between the ascending and descending parts of the vegetable.
Hence mesoˈphytic a., pertaining to or characterized by the class of plants called mesophytes.
1899Nat. Science July 10 The mesophytic woods. |