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thalassochorous

thalassochorous adjective: dispersed by means of thalassochory.

Adjective

thalassochorous (not comparable)

  1. dispersed by means of thalassochory
    • Similarly, the Gulf Stream could potentially transport thalassochorous diaspores to the Azores, but few representatives from North America (e.g. Calystegia soldanella and Calystegia sepium ssp.2015 October 15, “On the Limited Potential of Azorean Fleshy Fruits for Oceanic Dispersal”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about thalassochorous

What does thalassochorous mean?
Thalassochorous means dispersed by means of thalassochory.
What part of speech is thalassochorous?
Thalassochorous is an adjective.

Words near thalassochorous in the dictionary

  1. thalasso-
  2. thalassoceratid
  3. thalassoceratids
  4. thalassochelydian
  5. thalassochelydians
  6. thalassochorous
  7. thalassochory
  8. thalassocracies
  9. thalassocracy
  10. thalassocrat
  11. thalassocratic

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