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sciaphilous

sciaphilous adjective: tolerant of shade.

Adjective

sciaphilous (not comparable)

  1. Tolerant of shade.
    Synonyms:
    sciaphilic

Synonyms of sciaphilous

Origin of sciaphilous

From scia- + -philous.

Words formed from sciaphilous

  • subsciaphilous

Questions about sciaphilous

What does sciaphilous mean?
Sciaphilous means tolerant of shade.
What part of speech is sciaphilous?
Sciaphilous is an adjective.

Words near sciaphilous in the dictionary

  1. Sciandra
  2. Sciandras
  3. Scianna
  4. Sciannas
  5. sciaphilic
  6. sciaphilous
  7. sciapod
  8. sciapods
  9. Sciara
  10. sciarid
  11. sciarids

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