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hydric

hydric adjective: characterized by, or requiring, moisture.

Adjective

hydric (not comparable)

  1. Characterized by, or requiring, moisture.
  2. Sufficiently wet to inhibit the survival of many species.
    • Hydric environments, a form of extreme environment for trees, are often inhabited by relatively few species.1998, John C. Kricher, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, A Field Guide to Eastern Forests, North America
  3. Relating to hydrogen.
  4. Relating to alcohols.

hydric meaning in Tamil

hydric in Tamil

நீர்ச்செறிந்த, நீரகமடங்கிய

Origin of hydric

From hydro- + -ic.

Words formed from hydric

Questions about hydric

What does hydric mean?
Hydric means characterized by, or requiring, moisture.
What is hydric in Tamil?
Hydric in Tamil is நீர்ச்செறிந்த, நீரகமடங்கிய. See Hydric meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydric?
Hydric is an adjective.

Words near hydric in the dictionary

  1. hydrias
  2. hydriatric
  3. hydriatrist
  4. hydriatrists
  5. hydriatry
  6. hydric
  7. hydric acid
  8. hydrically
  9. hydricity
  10. Hydrick
  11. Hydricks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydric (page history and authors); hydric (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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