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mesarch
mes·arch
/
ˈmɛz
ɑrk, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi
zɑrk, -sɑrk
/
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[
mez
-ahrk,
mes
-,
mee
-zahrk, -sahrk
]
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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.
Origin:
1890–95;
mes-
+
-arch
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mesarch
(ˈmɛsɑːk)
—
adj
botany
exarch
Compare
endarch
(of a xylem strand) having the first-formed xylem surrounded by that formed later, as in fern stems
[C19: from
mes
(
o
)- + Greek
arkhē
beginning]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Mesarch
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ovules in flowering plants which are enclosed during pollination
phase in plant life which begins with a spore produced by meiosis
organisms having pairs of homologous chromosomes
female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms
plants with the vascular tissues xylem and phloem for transporting water and nutrients
sexual form of a haploid plant in the alternation of generations
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