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zoochore

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[zoh-uh-kawr, -kohr] / ˈzoʊ əˌkɔr, -ˌkoʊr /

noun

Botany.

  1. a plant whose structure adapts it for dispersion by animals.

Etymology

Origin of zoochore

1900–05; zoo- + -chore, combining form representing Greek chōreîn to make way

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