English Explanatory Dictionary

ecotype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.

Word forms

ecotype ecotypes

Etymology

From eco- + type, coined by Swedish botanist Göte Turesson in 1922 and modeled on the earlier ecospecies.

Synonyms

ecospecies

Related words

ecotypic subecotype
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