xerarch

xerarch
  a. growing in dry places.
   ♦ xerasia, n. morbid dryness of hair.
   ♦ xeric, a. pertaining to or adapted to dry conditions.
   ♦ xeroderma, n. morbid dryness of skin.
   ♦ xerography, n. method of reproducing illustrations, text, etc., electrostatically, by attraction of ink powder to positively charged sheet of selenium metal.
   ♦ xerophagy, n. strict fast of Eastern Church during Holy Week.
   ♦ xerophilous, a. resisting drought.
   ♦ xerophobous, a. unable to survive drought.
   ♦ xerophthalmia, n.
  Medicine, abnormal dryness of the eyeball.
   ♦ xerophyte, n. plant thriving in desert conditions.
   ♦ xerosis, n. Medicine, abnormal dryness.
   ♦ xerostoma, n. dryness of mouth.
   ♦ xerotic, a. dry.

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  • xerarch — /zear ahrk/, adj. Ecol. (of a sere) originating in a dry habitat. [1935 40; XER + ARCH] * * * …   Universalium

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  • xerarch — xe·rarch …   English syllables

  • xerarch — ˈziˌrärk, ˈzēˌr adjective Etymology: xer + arch of an ecological succession : developing in a dry place compare hydrarch, mesarch …   Useful english dictionary

  • xerarch succession — A series of community changes from bare land to climax …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • Xerosere — is a plant succession which occurs in conditions limited by water availability or the different stages in a xerarch succession.Xerarch succession of ecological communities originated in extremely dry situation such as sand deserts, sand dunes,… …   Wikipedia

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  • hydrarch — ˈhīˌdrärk adjective Etymology: hydr + arch (adjective comb. form) : originating in water used of an ecological succession; compare hydrosere, mesarch, xerarch …   Useful english dictionary

  • mesarch — ˈme]ˌzärk, ˈmē], ]ˌsä adjective Etymology: mes + arch 1. : having metaxylem developed both internal and external to the protoxylem 2. : originating in a mesic habitat used of an ecological succession; compare hydrarch, xerarch …   Useful english dictionary

  • xerosere — ˈzirəˌsi(ə)r noun Etymology: xer + sere : the seral stages of a xerarch succession : a dry land sere * * * /zear euh sear /, n. Ecol. a sere occurring on dry soil. [1925 30; XERO + SERE2] …   Useful english dictionary

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