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cryophilous

cryophilous adjective: thriving at a low temperature.

Adjective

cryophilous (not comparable)

  1. Thriving at a low temperature.
    • This warming is also implied by the decreasing percentage of cryophilous pollen taxa like Ericaceae and climbing trend of the δ 18 O curve in other paleoclimate records of the East Asia ^([sic]) (Fig 6), when the summer insolation is increasing.2016 January 6, “Vegetation and Climate Change during the Last Deglaciation in the Great Khingan Mountain, Northeastern China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Antonyms:
    cryophobic

Synonyms of cryophilous

Antonyms

  • cryophobic

Origin of cryophilous

From cryo- + -philous.

Questions about cryophilous

What does cryophilous mean?
Cryophilous means thriving at a low temperature.
What part of speech is cryophilous?
Cryophilous is an adjective.

Words near cryophilous in the dictionary

  1. cryophile
  2. cryophiles
  3. cryophilia
  4. cryophilic
  5. cryophilicity
  6. cryophilous
  7. cryophobe
  8. cryophobes
  9. cryophobia
  10. cryophorus
  11. cryophoruses

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