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mesarch

[ mez-ahrk, mes-, mee-zahrk, -sahrk ]

adjective

  1. Botany. (of a primary xylem or root) developing from both the periphery and the center; having the older cells surrounded by the younger cells.
  2. Ecology. (of a sere) originating in a mesic habitat.

mesarch

/ ˈmɛsɑːk /

adjective

  1. See endarch, exarch
    botany (of a xylem strand) having the first-formed xylem surrounded by that formed later, as in fern stems Compare exarch 2 endarch

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mesarch1

First recorded in 1890–95; mes- + -arch

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mesarch1

C19: from mes ( o )- + Greek arkhē beginning

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Example Sentences

The mesarch structure of the leaf-bundles is met with in a less pronounced form in the flower peduncles of some cycads.

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