Floristic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species. not-comparable

    "The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to floristics. not-comparable

    "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."

Example

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"The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region."

Etymology

From flora + -istic.

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floristic province

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