aereous

adj

aereous

adj

Etymology From Latin aer + -ous.

1

Resembling or consisting of air.

  • It should be kept in mind that for horticultural crops, oxygen supply to the root mainly occurs through open, aereous pores in a substrate, which may be logged at water contents above approximately 75%.2014, Joost T van Dongen, Francesco Licausi, Low-Oxygen Stress in Plants: Oxygen Sensing and Adaptive Responses to Hypoxia:
  • “The primary difference between blood-particles, and the aereous particles and spirits, is size.”2015, Peter Distelzweig, Benjamin Goldberg, Evan R. Ragland, Early Modern Medicine and Natural Philosophy:
Related terms
airy, flammeous, gaseous

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