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cryocratic

cryocratic noun: the glacial phase of ecological development, characterized by a cold, dry climate in which vegetation is sparse and lacking in diversity.

Noun

cryocratic (uncountable)

  1. The glacial phase of ecological development, characterized by a cold, dry climate in which vegetation is sparse and lacking in diversity.
    • Turner and West ( 1968 ) suggest that the phases of an interglacial period (cryocratic, protocratic , mesocratic , telocratic ) be considered as cenozones.1975, Valentin Abramovich Krasilov, Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants, page 229
    • It is not known where the Karoo complex survived the cryocratic conditions.2012, Marinus J.A. Werger, A.C. van Bruggen, Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa, page 142

Questions about cryocratic

What does cryocratic mean?
Cryocratic means the glacial phase of ecological development, characterized by a cold, dry climate in which vegetation is sparse and lacking in diversity.
What part of speech is cryocratic?
Cryocratic is a noun.

Words near cryocratic in the dictionary

  1. cryocrastinated
  2. cryocrastinates
  3. cryocrastinating
  4. cryocrastination
  5. cryocrastinations
  6. cryocratic
  7. cryocrystallography
  8. cryoculture
  9. cryocultures
  10. cryod
  11. cryodamage

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