English
Gleasonian
From Gleason + -ian.
Formed from Gleason + -ian
Proto-Celtic *glastos ‘green, blue’
Old Irish glas ‘green, greenish’
Irish glas ‘green, blue, grey’
Irish Ó Glasáin ‘descendant of Glasán’
English Gleason
Today it means
adj Of or relating to Henry A. Gleason (botanist) (1882–1975), American ecologist, botanist, and taxonomist, known for his endorsement of the individualistic or open community concept of ecological succession, and his opposition to Frederic Clements's concept of the climax state of an ecosystem.
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Etymograph / Gleasonian