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circumboreal

circumboreal adjective: relating to the northern ecoregion of abundant forest growth particularly spanning Eurasia and North America.

Adjective

circumboreal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the northern ecoregion of abundant forest growth particularly spanning Eurasia and North America

Origin of circumboreal

From circum- + boreal.

Words formed from circumboreal

Questions about circumboreal

What does circumboreal mean?
Circumboreal means relating to the northern ecoregion of abundant forest growth particularly spanning Eurasia and North America.
What part of speech is circumboreal?
Circumboreal is an adjective.

Words near circumboreal in the dictionary

  1. circumbendibuses
  2. circumbenzene
  3. circumbenzenes
  4. circumbinary
  5. circumblastoporal
  6. circumboreal
  7. circumboreally
  8. circumbuccal
  9. circumburst
  10. circumcallosal
  11. circumcapitular

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