paleothermal

adjective

pa·​leo·​thermal

¦pālēō,

¦palēō+

variants or paleothermic

"+

: relating to or characteristic of warm climates of past geological time

a paleothermal flora

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary pale- + thermal or thermic

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