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Endemic vs Spearwood - What's the difference?

endemic | spearwood |

As nouns the difference between endemic and spearwood

is that endemic is an individual or species that is endemic to a region while spearwood is (australia) the erect woody evergreen shrub , endemic to western australia.

As an adjective endemic

is native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

endemic

English

Alternative forms

* endemick (obsolete)

Adjective

(Wikipedia) (-)
  • Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
    • Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
  • (Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
    • The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
  • (Especially of diseases.) Prevalent in a particular area or region.
    • Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
  • * 1998 , Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon , in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”
    • These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.

    Usage notes

    An endemic disease is one which is constantly present in a given area, though usually at low levels, whereas an epidemic is widespread and has a high incidence. A sporadic disease occurs now and then at low levels. * (English Citations of "endemic")

    Synonyms

    * (native to a particular area) native * (peculiar to a particular area) indigenous

    Antonyms

    * (native to a particular area) alien, introduced * (localized) systemic

    Related terms

    * ecdemic * endemically * endemism * epidemic * pandemic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 34:
    • The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics ; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.

    spearwood

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Australia) The erect woody evergreen shrub , endemic to Western Australia.
  • * 1966 , Western Australian Forests Department, Bulletin , Issues 63-77, page 62,
    • Peppermint (Agonis flexuosa''), attaining heights of up to 30 feet, is the principal understorey species in the south, while ''Banksia menziesii'', ''Banksia grandis'', ''Banksia attenuata'', ''Casuarina fraseriana'', black wattle and spearwood (''Kunzea ericifolia ) predominate in the north.
  • * 1998 , Noel Hoffman, Andrew Brown, Orchids of South-West Australia , page 201,
    • In these areas it is found usually under Spearwood , Kunzea ericifolia in low-lying situations adjoining winter-wet swamps.
  • (Australia) The shrub .
  • * 1976 , Society for Growing Australian Plants, Australian Plants , Volume 9, Issue 69 - Volume 10, Issue 84, page 379,
    • Clinging to the sparse soil beneath the trees are the hardy acacias — Spearwood (Acacia doratoxylon ), with its long, narrow leaves (up to 10cm long by 2-5mm wide), a tall shrub with golden-yellow flower spikes to 2cm;.
  • (Australia) The flowering vine .
  • (Australia) The eucalypt .

    • Synonyms

    * (Kunzea ericifolia) (swamp spearwood) * (Eucalyptus doratoxylon) (spearwood mallee)

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