disclimax

noun dis·cli·max \(ˌ)dis-ˈklī-ˌmaks\

Definition of DISCLIMAX

: a relatively stable ecological community often including kinds of organisms foreign to the region and displacing the climax because of disturbance especially by humans

First Known Use of DISCLIMAX

1935

Rhymes with DISCLIMAX

battle-ax, direct tax, estate tax, hidden tax, income tax, Japan wax, mineral wax, minimax, nuisance tax, parallax, prothorax, sealing wax, single tax, supertax, telefax, to the max

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