HUDSONIAN


Meaning of HUDSONIAN in English

|həd|sōnēən adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Hudson ( bay ) + English -ian

1. : of or relating to Hudson bay

2. : of, relating to, or being a subdivision of the biogeographic Boreal zone extending across No. America from Labrador to Alaska, being bounded to the south and in certain high mountain regions by the isotherm indicating a mean temperature of 57.2° Fahrenheit during the 6 hottest weeks of the year, and marking the northern extent of the coniferous forest belt

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