mesarch

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

/ ˈmɛz ɑrk, ˈmɛs-, ˈmi zɑrk, -sɑrk /

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adjective

Botany. (of a primary xylem or root) developing from both the periphery and the center; having the older cells surrounded by the younger cells.

Ecology. (of a sere) originating in a mesic habitat.

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Origin of mesarch

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

Words nearby mesarch

mes-, mesa, Mesabi Range, mesail, mésalliance, mesarch, Mesa Verde, mesc, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button

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How to use mesarch in a sentence

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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British Dictionary definitions for mesarch

mesarch

/ (ˈmɛsɑːk) /

adjective

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

Word Origin for mesarch

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

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