Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a wood or grove.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to a wood or grove.
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- adjective Pertaining to
groves orwoodland .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It consists of montane to altimontane beech, and mixed beech forests, submontane to altimontane spruce and spruce-fir forests, and alpine vegetation in the European Alps. It also includes small portions of submontane acidophilous oak and mixed oak forests, nemoral, sub - and oro-Mediterranean pine forests, and nival and sub-nival vegetation of the high mountains.
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It consists of the lowland to submontane acidophilous oak and mixed oak forests, mixed oak-hornbeam forests, and lowland to submontane hemiboreal and nemoral pine forests on the North European glaciated plain.
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For the grass layer, characteristic nemoral floristic elements include: Aegopodium podagraria, Pulmonaria dacica and Actaea erythrocarpa.
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Some original dark coniferous-linden and linden forests with a complex of relict nemoral flora are still preserved in the ecoregion.
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The latter forest type has a rich grass layer with many nemoral species.
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The Central European mixed forest ecoregion consists of lowland to submontane acidophilous oak and mixed oak forests, mixed oak-hornbeam forests, as well as lowland to submontane hemiboreal and nemoral pine forests on the North European glaciated plain.
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Flora is represented here by south taiga species, nemoral species including some relict species, forested steppe species and even some steppe species.
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It is characterized by the domination of Abies sibirica, Pinus sibirica, and Populus tremula in the canopy, a tall herbaceous layer with a number of relict species, domination of nemoral species and rich ephemeroid flora.
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On such a morning, then, when the vast concave of the heavens, expanded in a perfectly spotless azure sky (such as in our foggy isle is never seen); and with the freshness of the bush developing its verdure in the odorous exudations of floriferous plants, and the blithesome exuberance of the songless denizens of nature's nemoral aviary; William took his departure on the mission we have detailed in the last chapter.
Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter Colin Munro
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This sound, which is peculiar to the Australian bush, uttered with the intonation and force of healthy lungs, can be heard at a surprising distance; and often, when used by one lost in the nemoral labyrinths of the country, is the means of attraction; and consequent deliverance from danger and probable death.
Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter Colin Munro
biocon commented on the word nemoral
In addition, nemoral means living in or frequenting groves or woods (Oxford English Dictionary).
August 7, 2011