2. Adjective. relating to, or determined by, conditions of the soil, especially as it relates to biological systems ¹
3. Adjective. soil characteristics, such as water content, pH, texture, and nutrient availability, that influence the type and quantity of vegetation in an area ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Edaphic
1. pertaining to the soil [adj]
Medical Definition of Edaphic
1. Pertaining to the soil. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edaphic
Literary usage of Edaphic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Details determined by edaphic influences. The formations. Principal and subsidiary
members. Distinction between climatic and edaphic formations, a. ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"edaphic, Provincial, and Cosmopolitan Development. ... (1) edaphic modification —Areas
in which the bottom was rocky, or sandy, or muddy, or calcareous, ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"edaphic, Provincial, and Cosmopolitan Development. ... (1) edaphic modification —Areas
in which the bottom was rocky, or sandy, or muddy, or calcareous, ..."
4. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"edaphic Formations in the Prairie Region. The edaphic formations in the prairie
region may be represented by some of those in the prairies and Great Plains ..."
5. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"edaphic Formations in the Prairie Region. The edaphic formations in the prairie
region may be represented by some of those in the prairies and Great Plains ..."
6. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"9.5.2.2 edaphic Factors edaphic factors act on the plant directly from the ...
Although temporal variations may occur in edaphic factors, their rates of ..."
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