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helobious

helobious adjective: palustrine; relating to or dwelling in marshy places.

Adjective

helobious (comparative more helobious, superlative most helobious)

  1. Palustrine; relating to or dwelling in marshy places.
    • During the centennial period of monitoring, 41 species have disappeared from the flora of Yekaterinburg city, most of them being nemoral and helobious species.2019, Alyona Tretyakova, The Flora of Yekaterinburg City

Forms of helobious

comparativemore helobious
superlativemost helobious

Origin of helobious

Analyzable as helo- + -obe + -ious. Compare also amphibious.

Questions about helobious

What does helobious mean?
Helobious means palustrine; relating to or dwelling in marshy places.
What part of speech is helobious?
Helobious is an adjective.

Words near helobious in the dictionary

  1. Helmuths
  2. helmutwinklerite
  3. helo
  4. helo-
  5. helobial
  6. helobious
  7. HELOC
  8. helocrene
  9. helocrenes
  10. helocrenic
  11. HELOCs

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