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saprolignicolous

saprolignicolous adjective: chiefly of bryophytes, dwelling in or on decaying wood.

Adjective

saprolignicolous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Chiefly of bryophytes, dwelling in or on decaying wood.
    • Even if the abandoned wood reveal a deficiency of the silvicultural management in the study area, it is favourable for the development of the saprolignicolous bryophytes.2002, I. Goia, R. Schumacker, “Researches on the bryyophytes^([sic]) from rotten wood in the Ariesul Mare basin.”, in Contributii Botanice, volume 37, Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Universitatea...
    • 23 species of saprolignicolous bryophytes on rotten stumps of European silver firs [Abies alba] and beeches [Fagus sylvatica] have been identified from the Aran valley, Spain.2003, C. Casas, A. Barrón, “Els briòfits saprobiolignícoles de la Vall d'Aran. [Saprolignicole bryophytes from Val d'Aran (Central Pyrenees).]”, in Acta Botanica Barcinonensia, number 49, Barcelona...

Origin of saprolignicolous

From sapro- + Latin lignī + -colous.

Questions about saprolignicolous

What does saprolignicolous mean?
Saprolignicolous means chiefly of bryophytes, dwelling in or on decaying wood.
What part of speech is saprolignicolous?
Saprolignicolous is an adjective.

Words near saprolignicolous in the dictionary

  1. saprolegnians
  2. saprolegniasis
  3. saprolegniosis
  4. saprolegnious
  5. saprolegnoid
  6. saprolignicolous
  7. saprolite
  8. saprolites
  9. saprolitic
  10. sapromycetophagous
  11. sapromycetophagy

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