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osmophily

osmophily noun: the quality of growing well under high osmotic pressure.

Noun

osmophily (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The quality of growing well under high osmotic pressure.
    • Pelhate (1968) considered osmophily as being an aspect of xerophily; the ability of a fungus to support high osmotic pressures induced by higher concentrations of NaCl, sucrose or polyethylene glycol would allow a rapid and faithful evaluation of its xerophily.1974, R.A. Samson, J. Mouchacca, “Some interesting species of Emericella and Aspergillus from Egyptian desert soil.”, in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, volume 40, number 1, →DOI, page 130

Origin of osmophily

From osmo- + -phily.

Questions about osmophily

What does osmophily mean?
Osmophily means the quality of growing well under high osmotic pressure.
What part of speech is osmophily?
Osmophily is a noun.

Words near osmophily in the dictionary

  1. Osmons
  2. osmophile
  3. osmophiles
  4. osmophilia
  5. osmophilic
  6. osmophily
  7. osmophobia
  8. osmophobic
  9. osmophobicity
  10. osmophore
  11. osmophores

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