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单词 calcicole
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Definition of calcicole in English:

calcicole

nounˈkalsɪkəʊlˈkælsəˌkoʊl
Botany
  • A plant that grows best in calcareous soil (occurring chiefly on chalk and limestone)

    as modifier a rich calcicole flora
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Ca concentrations in calcifuge and calcicole plants growing in their natural habitats differ markedly.
    • Within the shoot, the control of Ca is a major tolerance mechanism of calcicole species and its partitioning might provide another potential screen.
    • The diverse herbaceous flora included three species of calciphilic sedges, Carex albursina, Carex jamesii and Carex laxiculmis, and a fern Diplazium pycnocarpon, which is also a calcicole.
    • A lower proportion of leaf Ptot is present as water-soluble, inorganic phosphate in calcifuges than in calcicoles grown on calcareous soil.

Derivatives

  • calcicolous

  • adjectivekalˈsɪkələsˌkælˈsɪkələs
    Botany
    • A large number of calcicolous mosses occur in the habitat type.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Athough Hyacinthoides non-scripta can be prominent in spring, the distinctive field layer feature is the abundance of Mercurialis per ennis and a range of associated calcicolous herbs and bryophytes.
      • Extreme limestone locations are dominated by a group of calcicolous grass-like species.
      • Also, the basalt, directly above the chalk, is locally capable of supporting all the calcicolous species that chalk can support.
      • Geological activity along the faulting zone has concentrated calcareous material along crevices and seepage areas, encouraging the growth of calcicolous plant species otherwise rare in the district parks.
      • Northern ashwoods, Fraxinus-Sorbus-Mercurialis, the most calcicolous of the northwestern woods, not surprisingly occur very locally.
      • On the opposite side of the island is the richest area for calcicolous bryophytes in the county.
      • Non calcicolous paphs like delenatii get rain water all the time, and I flush all my paphs with rain water on a regular basis.
      • We will identify genes that are differentially expressed between calcicolous and non-calcicolous ecotypes of A. thaliana and determine their role in the calcicole phenotype.
      • The range of calcicolous plants includes kidney vetch, crested hair-grass, and wild thyme.
      • Results are discussed in view of conservative management of calcicolous meadows, since these semi-natural ecosystems are especially threatened in Western Europe.
      • Dry siliceous heath can be distinguished from dry calcareous heath - HH2 by the absence of any calcicolous, or lime-loving plants in the former.
      • We have investigated the influence of management practice on the species composition of upland calcicolous grassland.
      • Cantabiran holm oak groves are situated on the dry conditions of the sunny limestone slopes, and between these and the beech groves are the calcicolous gall oak forests.
      • This study describes anatomy, ontogenesis and history of taxonomy of calcicolous endolitic species of the genus Verrucaria, which have been treated as Bagliettoa and Protobagliettoa (Verrucaria sect.

Origin

Late 19th century: from calci- + Latin colere 'inhabit'.

 
 

Definition of calcicole in US English:

calcicole

nounˈkælsəˌkoʊlˈkalsəˌkōl
Botany
  • A plant that grows best in calcareous soil (occurring chiefly on chalk and limestone)

    as modifier a rich calcicole flora
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A lower proportion of leaf Ptot is present as water-soluble, inorganic phosphate in calcifuges than in calcicoles grown on calcareous soil.
    • The diverse herbaceous flora included three species of calciphilic sedges, Carex albursina, Carex jamesii and Carex laxiculmis, and a fern Diplazium pycnocarpon, which is also a calcicole.
    • Within the shoot, the control of Ca is a major tolerance mechanism of calcicole species and its partitioning might provide another potential screen.
    • The Ca concentrations in calcifuge and calcicole plants growing in their natural habitats differ markedly.

Origin

Late 19th century: from calci- + Latin colere ‘inhabit’.

 
 
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