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epipetric

epipetric adjective: found growing on rocks.

Adjective

epipetric (not comparable)

  1. Found growing on rocks.
    • Many ferns are epipetric, including the spleenworts.

Origin of epipetric

From epi- + petro- + -ic.

Words formed from epipetric

Questions about epipetric

What does epipetric mean?
Epipetric means found growing on rocks.
What part of speech is epipetric?
Epipetric is an adjective.

Words near epipetric in the dictionary

  1. epiperiosteal
  2. epiperipheral
  3. epipetalous
  4. epipetalously
  5. epipetreous
  6. epipetric
  7. epipetrically
  8. Epiph
  9. epiphaenomena
  10. epiphaenomenon
  11. epiphalli

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