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photophilic

photophilic adjective: that thrives in bright sunlight.

Adjective

photophilic (comparative more photophilic, superlative most photophilic)

  1. That thrives in bright sunlight

photophilic meaning in Tamil

photophilic in Tamil

ஒளியில் ஆக்கமுறுகின்ற

Forms of photophilic

comparativemore photophilic
superlativemost photophilic

Origin of photophilic

From photo- + -philic.

Questions about photophilic

What does photophilic mean?
Photophilic means that thrives in bright sunlight.
What is photophilic in Tamil?
Photophilic in Tamil is ஒளியில் ஆக்கமுறுகின்ற. See Photophilic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photophilic?
Photophilic is an adjective.

Words near photophilic in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photophilic (page history and authors); photophilic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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