mesocline

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noun

A moist, cool slope.

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Meanings

nounmesocline (plural mesoclines)

plural mesoclines

  1. biologyA moist, cool slope.

    The xeroclines receive stronger light for longer periods than do the mesoclines, while the mean temperatures of air and of soil are higher by 5-10 degrees Fahr., […]

    1931, John Frederick Vicars Phillips, Forest-succession and Ecology in the Knysna Region, page 132

Origin

From meso- + -cline.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

CosmineleSmolenice
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APA

mesocline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesocline

MLA

“mesocline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesocline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesocline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesocline.

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