assemblage

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as·sem·blage / əˈsemblij/ • n. a collection or gathering of things or people: a wondrous assemblage of noble knights, cruel temptresses, and impossible loves. ∎  a machine or object made of pieces fitted together: some vast assemblage of gears and cogs. ∎  a work of art made by grouping found or unrelated objects. ∎  the action of gathering or fitting things together.

assemblage

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assemblage A collection of plants and/or animals characteristically associated with a particular environment that can be used as an indicator of that environment (e.g. in geobotanical exploration).

assemblage

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assemblage A collection of plants and/or animals characteristically associated with a particular environment. They can be used as an indicator of that environment (e.g. in geobotanical exploration).

Assemblage

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Assemblage

a collection of individuals or things; a number of persons gathered together, a gathering. See also assembly, cluster, collection, concourse, group.

Examples: assemblage of all ages and nations, 1741; of grace; of ideas, 1704; of mighty heroes, 1877; of ladies, 1809; of rocks, 1748; of skaters.

assemblage

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assemblage A collection of plants and/or animals characteristically associated with a particular environment that can be used as an indicator of that environment.

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