mesothermicadj.
/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈθəːmɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈθərmɪk/; see also meso- comb. form. Ecology.
Of, relating to, or designating a mesotherm; characterized by the presence of mesotherms.
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1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. 236 The most important family of the north temperate zone among the Polycarpicae, that of the Ranunculaceæ, is mesothermic and microthermic.
1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. x. 201 Examples [of climatic relics] are the mesothermic plants to be found in some boreal areas that have cooled at least since the ‘postglacial optimum’ when such plants presumably migrated to these areas.
1995 Rev. Palaeobot. & Palynol. 89 153 The forest changes from xerothermic to mesothermic c. 8240 BP.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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