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  hydric

  adjective

  pertaining to or containing hydrogen.
• -hydric
  -hydric

  a combining form of hydric.

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

After its weight has been taken its purity is checked by fusing with hydric potassic sulphate, extracting with water, and treating the residue with ammonic carbonate.

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