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photophilia

photophilia noun: a tendency to thrive in bright sunlight.

Noun

photophilia (uncountable)

  1. A tendency to thrive in bright sunlight.

Origin of photophilia

From photo- + -philia.

Questions about photophilia

What does photophilia mean?
Photophilia means a tendency to thrive in bright sunlight.
What part of speech is photophilia?
Photophilia is a noun.

Words near photophilia in the dictionary

  1. photophasic
  2. photopheresis
  3. photophil
  4. photophile
  5. photophiles
  6. photophilia
  7. photophilic
  8. photophilous
  9. photophobe
  10. photophobes
  11. photophobia

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