boreal

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(bôr'ē-əl, bōr'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of or relating to the north; northern.
  2. Of or concerning the north wind.
  3. Boreal Of or relating to the forest areas of the northern North Temperate Zone, dominated by coniferous trees such as spruce, fir, and pine.

[Middle English, from Late Latin Boreālis, from Latin Boreās, Boreas. See Boreas.]


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adjective

    Very cold: arctic, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, polar, wintry. Archaic frore. Idioms: bitterbitterlycold. See hot/cold/lukewarm.

A division of the Flandrian when British climate was warm, dry, and continental, and woodland of Ulmus, Quercus, and Corylus was extensive. See also atlantic, Pre-Boreal.

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related to northern regions
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