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Sub-Boreal

Sub-Boreal is the alternative form of Subboreal.

Meaning of Subboreal

Proper noun

Subboreal

  1. A climactic period that is a subdivision of the Holocene epoch running from approximately 3710 to 450 BCE.
    • According to Iversen the steep decline of Hedera must be effected by a change of climate, viz. a fall in winter temperatures which would be characteristic of the Subboreal time.1955, Willem van Zeist, Pollen analytical investigations in the northern Netherlands

Origin of Sub-Boreal

From sub- + Boreal.

Questions about Sub-Boreal

What is Sub-Boreal the alternative form of?
Sub-Boreal is the alternative form of Subboreal.

Words near Sub-Boreal in the dictionary

  1. sub-basses
  2. sub-bassline
  3. sub-basslines
  4. sub-bay
  5. sub-bays
  6. Sub-Boreal
  7. sub-branch
  8. sub-brown dwarf
  9. sub-brown dwarfs
  10. sub-Byzantine
  11. Sub-Carpathian Rus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sub-Boreal (page history and authors); Subboreal (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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