floristic

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adjective

Describing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.

“The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region.”

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Meanings

adjectivefloristic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDescribing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.

    The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region.

  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to floristics.

    There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.

    1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii

Origin

From flora + -istic.

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APA

floristic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floristic

MLA

“floristic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floristic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floristic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floristic.

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