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e·ce·sis

(ĭ-sē′sĭs)

The successful establishment of a plant or animal species in a habitat.

[From Greek oikēsis, inhabitation, from oikein, to dwell, from oikos, house; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]

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ecesis

(ɪˈsiːsɪs)

(Botany) the establishment of a plant in a new environment

[C20: from Greek oikēsis a dwelling in, from oikein to inhabit; related to oikos a house]

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e•ce•sis

(ɪˈsi sɪs)

n.

the establishment of an immigrant plant in a new environment.

[1900–05; < Greek oíkēsis act of inhabiting]

e•ce′sic, adj.

ecesis

the transplanting of a plant to a new environment.

See also: Environment, Plants

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ecesis - (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

establishment

bionomics, environmental science, ecology - the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

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