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phytochorion

phytochorion noun: a geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.

Noun

phytochorion (plural phytochoria)

  1. A geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
    • Adjacent phytochoria do not usually have a sharp boundary, but rather a soft one, a transitional area in which many species from both regions overlap.

Forms of phytochorion

pluralphytochoria

Origin of phytochorion

From phyto- + chorion.

Questions about phytochorion

What does phytochorion mean?
Phytochorion means a geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
What part of speech is phytochorion?
Phytochorion is a noun.
What is the plural of phytochorion?
The plural of phytochorion is phytochoria.

Words near phytochorion in the dictionary

  1. phytochemy
  2. phytochlore
  3. phytochlorin
  4. phytochoria
  5. phytochorial
  6. phytochorion
  7. phytochrome
  8. phytochromes
  9. phytochromobilin
  10. phytochromobilins
  11. phytocidal

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