geo-, ge- +
(Greek: earth, land, soil; world)
melangeophilous
The existence of organisms that thrive in or on black loam.
melangeophily
A reference to organisms that thrive in or on black loam.
microgeoxyl
Those low-lying woody plants that send up numerous stems.
Neogaea
A zoogeographical area originally comprising both the Nearctic and Neotropical regions; now, generally used to refer to the Neotropical region only.
nosogeography
The geographic distribution of illness, including endemic and epidemic diseases.
Notogaea
A zoogeographical area originally comprising both the Australian and Neotropical regions, now generally used to refer to the Australian region only.
oxygeophilous, oxygeophile, oxygeophily
In biology, thriving in humus-rich habitats.
oxygeophyte
A plant growing in humus.
oxygeophytic
Pertaining to plant communities in humus-rich habitats.
Palaeogaea, Paleogaea
A zoogeograplhical area originally consisting of the Palaearctic, or Palearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Australian regions.
paleogeography
1. The study of the geographic features of past.
2. The geography of ancient times or of a particular past geological epoch.
paleogeotherm, paleogeothermal
A pattern of temperature variation that existed in the earth’s crust at some time in the past.
paleozoogeography, palaeozoogeography
The study of the distribution of fossil animal remains.
Pangaea, Pangea
A vast continental area or supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth which is postulated to have existed in late Paleozoic or Mesozoic times before breaking up into Gondwanaland and Laurasia.
pedogeochemical survey
A geochemical prospecting survey in which the materials sampled are soil and till.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)":
agra-;
agrest-;
agri-;
agro-;
argill-;
choro-;
chthon-;
epeiro-;
glob-;
lut-;
myso-;
pedo-;
pel-;
rhyp-;
soil-;
sord-;
terr-.
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