xericadj.

Brit.

/ˈzɪərɪk/, U.S.

/ˈzɛrɪk/

Etymology: < xer- (in xero- comb. form) + -ic suffix.

Ecology.

Having or characterized by a scanty amount of moisture.

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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [adjective] > conditions of

waterish1579

supralittoral1839

trophic1902

thermostabile1908

oligotrophic1911

saprobic1913

mosaic1919

mesic1926

xeric1926

trophogenic1930

tropholytic1931

saprobiotic1940

oligotropic1948

saprotrophic1948

mixohaline1959

thermoneutral1961

eutrophicated1967

1926 Cooper & Weese in Ecology VII. 390 In order..to provide terms which shall be applicable to both plants and animals, we suggest that the adjectives ‘xerophytic’, ‘hydrophytic’ and ‘mesophytic’ be entirely abandoned as useless and misleading. In their place we offer the terms ‘xeric’, ‘hydric’ and ‘mesic’, to be defined as follows: Xeric (hydric, mesic): characterized by or pertaining to conditions of scanty (abundant, medium) moisture supply.

1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. v. 115 In spite of this temporary excess of precipitation, the vegetation of the southern Cévennes has many xeric features.

1967 M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens vii. 94 Xeric savannas and mesic maple woods.

1979 Jrnl. Arid Environments 2 255 This soil represents an edaphically xeric condition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	xeric
释义	xericadj. Brit. /ˈzɪərɪk/, U.S. /ˈzɛrɪk/ Etymology: < xer- (in xero- comb. form) + -ic suffix. Ecology. Having or characterized by a scanty amount of moisture. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > environment or habitat > [adjective] > conditions of waterish1579 supralittoral1839 trophic1902 thermostabile1908 oligotrophic1911 saprobic1913 mosaic1919 mesic1926 xeric1926 trophogenic1930 tropholytic1931 saprobiotic1940 oligotropic1948 saprotrophic1948 mixohaline1959 thermoneutral1961 eutrophicated1967 1926 Cooper & Weese in Ecology VII. 390 In order..to provide terms which shall be applicable to both plants and animals, we suggest that the adjectives ‘xerophytic’, ‘hydrophytic’ and ‘mesophytic’ be entirely abandoned as useless and misleading. In their place we offer the terms ‘xeric’, ‘hydric’ and ‘mesic’, to be defined as follows: Xeric (hydric, mesic): characterized by or pertaining to conditions of scanty (abundant, medium) moisture supply. 1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. v. 115 In spite of this temporary excess of precipitation, the vegetation of the southern Cévennes has many xeric features. 1967 M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens vii. 94 Xeric savannas and mesic maple woods. 1979 Jrnl. Arid Environments 2 255 This soil represents an edaphically xeric condition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1926
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