- sclerophyllous plants
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English-Chinese Dictionary of Agriculture (英汉农业大词典). 2013.
sclerophyllous plants
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Sclerophyll — Fynbos in South Africa Sclerophyll is the term for a type of vegetation that has hard leaves and short internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem). The word comes from the Greek sclero (hard) and phyllon (leaf). Sclerophyllous plants… … Wikipedia
sclerophyll forest — /sklɛrəfɪl ˈfɒrəst/ (say skleruhfil foruhst) noun a forest comprising sclerophyll plants. The vegetation in sclerophyll forests is adapted to low levels of phosphorus in the soil rather than to low rainfall or low moisture. The leaves of… …
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