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noun
An isoline on a map that connects areas where a given number of plant taxa can be found, particularly species within a certain genus or family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An isoline on a map that connects sites with similar Eocene fossil floras.
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History
From iso- + clipping of flora. The Eocene fossil sense was first employed by Chaney in 1940 (see quotations).
