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sciophilous

sciophilous is the alternative form of sciaphilous.

Meaning of sciaphilous

Adjective

sciaphilous (not comparable)

  1. Tolerant of shade.
    Synonyms:
    sciaphilic

Origin of sciophilous

From scio- + -philous.

Questions about sciophilous

What is sciophilous the alternative form of?
Sciophilous is the alternative form of sciaphilous.

Words near sciophilous in the dictionary

  1. Scioneaux
  2. scioness
  3. scionesses
  4. scions
  5. sciophilic
  6. sciophilous
  7. sciophyllous
  8. sciophyte
  9. sciophytes
  10. scioptic
  11. scioptic ball

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sciophilous (page history and authors); sciaphilous (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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