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subboreal

subboreal is the alternative form of Subboreal.

Proper noun capitalized: Subboreal

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
    • The people had a significant effect on the vegetation in the Subboreal (accelerated replacement of deciduous trees by Picea).2006, E. M. Scott, Andrey Yu. Alekseev, Ganna Zaitseva, Impact of the Environment on Human Migration in Eurasia, →ISBN

Forms of subboreal

alternative formSub-Boreal
alternative formsubboreal

Origin of subboreal

From sub- + Boreal.

Questions about subboreal

What does subboreal mean?
Subboreal means a climactic period that is a subdivision of the Holocene epoch running from approximately 3710 to 450 BCE.
What is subboreal the alternative form of?
Subboreal is the alternative form of Subboreal.
What part of speech is subboreal?
Subboreal is a proper noun.

Words near subboreal in the dictionary

  1. subbituminous
  2. subblock
  3. subblocks
  4. subboard
  5. subboards
  6. subboreal
  7. subboset
  8. subbotnik
  9. subbotniki
  10. subbotniks
  11. subbottom

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