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floristic en · ADJ

Etymology

From flora + -istic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Describing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
   • The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to floristics.
   • There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:

Deriveds

paleofloristic · floristically · ecofloristic · floristic province · nonfloristic