hydric

¹ American  

[hahy-drik] / ˈhaɪ drɪk /

adjective

1. pertaining to or containing hydrogen.

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hydric ² American  

[hahy-drik] / ˈhaɪ drɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or adapted to a wet or moist environment.

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-hydric ³ American  

1. a combining form of hydric.

   hexahydric.

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hydric British  

/ ˈhaɪdrɪk /

adjective

1. of or containing hydrogen

2. containing or using moisture

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hydric Scientific  

/ hī′drĭk /

1. Relating or adapted to a wet but not flooded habitat. Cottonwoods, willows, and hemlocks are hydric plants.

2. Compare mesic xeric

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Etymology

Origin of hydric¹

First recorded in 1850–55; hydr- ² + -ic

Origin of hydric²

First recorded in 1925–30; hydr- ¹ + -ic

Example Sentences

Tavera said a lack of rain had plunged trees into hydric stress, making them more vulnerable to diseases, pests and fires.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023

The three shared characteristics among these types—what makes them wetlands—are their hydrology, hydrophytic vegetation, and hydric soils.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

"Even ditched and tiled they're marginal because the hydric soils are still there," says Steinke, a wildlife biologist who once owned a wetland mitigation business.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2021

Unfortunately, the basin forms a unique "hydric hammock" that abounds with rare alligators, panthers and wild turkeys.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tartar.—This is crude hydric potassic tartrate; the purified salt, cream of tartar, may be used.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius