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ammophilous

ammophilous adjective: thriving in a sandy environment.

Adjective

ammophilous (comparative more ammophilous, superlative most ammophilous)

  1. Thriving in a sandy environment.

Forms of ammophilous

comparativemore ammophilous
superlativemost ammophilous

Origin of ammophilous

From Ancient Greek ἄμμος (ámmos) + philous.

Questions about ammophilous

What does ammophilous mean?
Ammophilous means thriving in a sandy environment.
What part of speech is ammophilous?
Ammophilous is an adjective.

Words near ammophilous in the dictionary

  1. ammonotelism
  2. ammonotely
  3. Ammons
  4. Ammonsian
  5. ammonuria
  6. ammophilous
  7. ammos
  8. ammos up
  9. ammosexual
  10. ammosexuals
  11. ammotrechid

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