successional

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adjective

Of, related to or caused by succession

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Meanings

adjectivesuccessional (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, related to or caused by succession

    Surviving plant communities can be compared to their ancestors, and the differences between them reveal the changes wrought by climate, by pollution, by natural successional processes.

    1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader
nounsuccessional (plural successionals)

plural successionals

  1. biologySuch an organism

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
successionary

Origin

From succession + -al.

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Translations

Spanish sucesorio
  • sucesorioof, related to or caused by succession
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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