Definition of mesophyte in English:
mesophyte
noun ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fʌɪtˈmɛzə(ʊ)fʌɪtˈmiːzə(ʊ)fʌɪtˈmiːsə(ʊ)fʌɪtˈmɛzəfaɪt
Botany A plant needing only a moderate amount of water.
Example sentencesExamples
- Interestingly, unlike mesophytes, none of the hydrophytes showed ability to accumulate proline.
- A higher mesophyll resistance in woody plants than in herbs, and in sclerophylls than in mesophytes, has been reported.
- According to these considerations, the factor of light appears as the first of many different environmental factors for the ecological plant sociology of mesophytes.
- The values measured lie within the mainstream range for bryophytes of similar habitats and of vascular mesophytes.
- Consequently, cuticles of plant species adapted to dry conditions have, by one to two orders of magnitude, lower permeances for water than cuticles of mesophytes from more humid climates.
Derivatives
adjective
Botany Exodermis with Casparian bands was found in roots of hydrophytic, mesophytic and xerophytic species and in members of primitive as well as advanced families.
Example sentencesExamples
- Several other typical mesophytic forest species, both shade-intolerant and shade-tolerant, have declined, perhaps due to an absence of large-scale disturbance needed for their regeneration.
- In the vast majority of plant species, it is not possible to remove the epidermis intact, confining direct measurement of epidermal transmission largely to mesophytic plants.
- It is a shade tolerant, late successional, mesophytic tree species associated with at least 20 forest cover types in North America.
- In epiphytes known values of are high even compared to mesophytic terrestrial plants.