associesn.
/əˈsəʊs(ɪ)iːz/ Ecology.
(See quot. 1916.)
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society1896
formation1898
association1900
associes1916
socies1916
alliance1930
phytocoenosis1930
sociation1930
1916 F. E. Clements Plant Succession vi. 136 The associes is the developmental equivalent of the association... It is composed of two or more consocies, i.e., developmental consociations, just as the association consists of two or more consociations. Like the association, it is based upon life-form, floristic composition, and habitat, but differs from it in as much as all of these are undergoing constant or recurrent developmental changes.
1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation ii. 19 The three higher ranks..we distinguish from the corresponding climax communities by using the suffix -es, thus associes, consocies, socies.
1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation i. 11 The associes, consocies and socies are their equivalents in a sere (succession).
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- tints
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- to be at one's wits' end
- to be at or in weening
- to be at pains
- to be at saught
- to be at shack
- to be at shall i, shall i
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- to be at surgery
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