isophene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A line (on a map, etc.) joining places where a particular biological phenomenon is exhibited in the same way, such as where plants flower at the same time (an isanthesic) or where the same proportion of clines is found.

Word forms

isophene isophenes

Etymology

From iso- + the first element of phenology, the word having been first used to refer to phenological phenomena.

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