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boreal

  (bôr'ē-əl, bōr'-)

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.]

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.

Boreal may refer to:

• Northern, from Boreas, god of the North Wind in Greek mythology
• Boreal climate, the climate found in a region of boreal forests, and designated Dfc, Dwc or Dsc in the Köppen climate classification scheme.
• Boreal ecosystem
• The Boreal (period), the first climatic phase of the Blytt-Sernander sequence of northern Europe, during the holocene epoch.
• Boreal owl
• The Boreal shield, a region of ancient rock in Canada
• A manufacturer of climbing shoes
• Lord Carlo Boreal, a fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
• Boreal green, a colour of Mk4 Lexus LS430.

See also: Boreale brewery.

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