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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.
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Origin of mesarch

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

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

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7

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British Dictionary definitions for mesarch

mesarch

adjective
  1. botany (of a xylem strand) having the first-formed xylem surrounded by that formed later, as in fern stemsCompare exarch 2, endarch
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Word Origin

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