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xeroclines

xeroclines is the plural of xerocline.

Meaning of xerocline

Noun

xerocline (plural xeroclines)

  1. A warm, dry slope.
    • The xeroclines receive stronger light for longer periods than do the mesoclines, while the mean temperatures of air and of soil are higher by 5-10 degrees Fahr., […]1931, John Frederick Vicars Phillips, Forest-succession and Ecology in the Knysna Region, page 132

Questions about xeroclines

What is xeroclines the plural of?
Xeroclines is the plural of xerocline.

Words near xeroclines in the dictionary

  1. xerochasy
  2. xerochilia
  3. xerochrept
  4. xerochrepts
  5. xerocline
  6. xeroclines
  7. xerocole
  8. xerocoles
  9. xerocolous
  10. xerocomic acid
  11. xerocomorubin

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