Definition of Alkaline-loving

1. Adjective. Thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7).

Category relationships: Flora, Plant, Plant Life
Antonyms: Acid-loving

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkaline-loving

alkalified
alkalifies
alkalify
alkalifying
alkalimeter
alkalimeters
alkalimetric
alkalimetrical
alkalimetries
alkalimetry
alkalin
alkaline
alkaline-ash diet
alkaline-earth
alkaline-earth metal
alkaline-loving (current term)
alkaline D-peptidase
alkaline air
alkaline batteries
alkaline battery
alkaline earth
alkaline earth elements
alkaline earth metal
alkaline earth metals
alkaline earths
alkaline elastase
alkaline metal
alkaline milk drip
alkaline phosphatase
alkaline phosphatases

Literary usage of Alkaline-loving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"These saline- or alkaline-loving plants present certain characters in common and as in the case of Aster and Solidago, ..."

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