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arenophile

arenophile noun: one who collects sand samples as a hobby.

Noun

arenophile (plural arenophiles)

  1. One who collects sand samples as a hobby.
  2. A plant that thrives in or requires a sandy environment to grow.
    • It seems to be a characteristic arenophile. Not common in Holderness except on the morainic gravels, being the chief plant on Coneygarth Hill, near Brandesburton.1902, James Fraser Robinson, The Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire, page 161

Synonyms of arenophile

Forms of arenophile

pluralarenophiles

Origin of arenophile

From areno- + -phile.

Questions about arenophile

What does arenophile mean?
Arenophile means one who collects sand samples as a hobby.
What part of speech is arenophile?
Arenophile is a noun.
What is the plural of arenophile?
The plural of arenophile is arenophiles.

Words near arenophile in the dictionary

  1. arenonitriles
  2. arenonium
  3. arenonium ion
  4. arenonium ions
  5. arenoniums
  6. arenophile
  7. arenophiles
  8. arenophilic
  9. arenophilous
  10. arenosclerin
  11. arenosclerins

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