geo-, ge- +
(Greek: earth, land, soil; world)
geobiologist
Someone who studies the biosphere or who specializes in the study of the interdisciplinary field of scientific research that explores interactions between the biosphere, the lithosphere, and the atmosphere.
geobiology
1. The study of the biosphere.
2. An interdisciplinary field of scientific research that explores interactions between the biosphere and the lithosphere and/or the atmosphere.
geobion
A plant that is associated with dry land.
geobiont
An organism spending its whole life in the soil or ground.
geobiontic
A reference to an organism that spends its entire life in the ground.
geobionts
Organisms permanently inhabiting the soil and affecting its structure.
geobios
The total life of the land; that part of the Earth’s surface occupied by terrestrial organisms; terrestrial life.
geobotanist
Someone who studies the geographic distribution of plants.
geobotany
1. The study of the geographic distribution of plants.
2. Plant biogeography; the study of plants in relation to geography and ecology.
geocarpic
Having fruit maturing underground as a result of the young fruit being pushed underground by curvature of a stalk after fertilization.
geocarpy
The production, or ripening, of fruits underground.
geocentric
1. Using the earth, or a certain location on earth, as a reference point for measurement.
2. A description of the solar system when it is regarded as having the earth as its center.
3. Measured from, or considered as if viewed from, the center of the earth.
4. Having the earth and its inhabitants as the center of a theory or belief.
geocentric theory
In history, the ancient belief that the sun and other bodies of the solar system revolve around the earth; stated in detail by Ptolemy about 140 A.D. and later replaced by the heliocentric theory of Copernicus.
geocentrism
1. The belief that the earth is the center of the universe.
2. The belief that the sun revolves around the earth. This was all the rage in Galileo's day.
3. Within the environmental movement, a concern over the state and future of the earth.
geochemist
1. A science that deals with the chemical composition of and chemical changes in the solid matter of the earth or a celestial body (as the moon).
2. The related chemical and geological properties of a substance.
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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