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oligonitrophilic

oligonitrophilic adjective: that needs relatively little nitrogen in order to achieve nitrogen fixation.

Adjective

oligonitrophilic (not comparable)

  1. That needs relatively little nitrogen in order to achieve nitrogen fixation

Origin of oligonitrophilic

From oligo- + nitrophilic.

Questions about oligonitrophilic

What does oligonitrophilic mean?
Oligonitrophilic means that needs relatively little nitrogen in order to achieve nitrogen fixation.
What part of speech is oligonitrophilic?
Oligonitrophilic is an adjective.

Words near oligonitrophilic in the dictionary

  1. oligoneurid
  2. oligoneurids
  3. oligoneuriid
  4. oligoneuriids
  5. oligoneuronal
  6. oligonitrophilic
  7. oligonodular
  8. oligonol
  9. oligonuclear
  10. oligonucleic
  11. oligonucleoside

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