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acidophilous

acidophilous adjective: that thrives in an acidic environment.

Adjective

acidophilous (not comparable)

  1. That thrives in an acidic environment
    • The Czech forests represent small extant fragments of herb-rich and acidophilous montane mixed old-growth forests with the tree composition and herb vegetation approaching the natural one, dominated mostly by beech with spruce admixtures.2015 July 17, Eva Holá et al., “Comparison of Genetic Structure of Epixylic Liverwort Crossocalyx hellerianus between Central European and Fennoscandian Populations”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI

acidophilous meaning in Tamil

acidophilous in Tamil

அமிலச்சாயம் படியக்கூடிய

Origin of acidophilous

From acido- + -philous.

Questions about acidophilous

What does acidophilous mean?
Acidophilous means that thrives in an acidic environment.
What is acidophilous in Tamil?
Acidophilous in Tamil is அமிலச்சாயம் படியக்கூடிய. See Acidophilous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acidophilous?
Acidophilous is an adjective.

Words near acidophilous in the dictionary

  1. acidophile
  2. acidophiles
  3. acidophilia
  4. acidophilic
  5. acidophilicity
  6. acidophilous
  7. acidophils
  8. acidophilus
  9. acidophilus milk
  10. acidophilus milks
  11. acidophyte

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