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Definition of Rupestral
1. Adjective. Composed of or inscribed on rock. "Rupestral drawings in the caves of Northern Spain"
Definition of Rupestral
1. Adjective. (botany) Growing on rocks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rupestral
Literary usage of Rupestral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos by Merle K. Langdon (1976)
"I believe that Mount Zevs always bore the name " Zeus," although this is admittedly
conjectural for the time before the rupestral inscription. ..."
2. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"rupestral, &c. It may at first appear an error to refer this fern to the ...
The term ' rupestral' does not very accurately characterize the natural ..."
3. The Flora of Oxfordshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of by George Claridge Druce (1886)
"... rupestral. Walls, dry banks, and cornfields. Common. A. And generally distributed,
Feb.-May. First record, Sib. 1794. Var. E. brachycarpa, Jord. ..."
4. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. vf 4941, b. Nyman, 115. Fl. Oxf. 54. Native. rupestral, &c.
Walls, dry sandy fields, &c. Locally common and widely distributed. ..."
5. Studies in Attic Epigraphy, History, and Topography by Eugene Vanderpool (1982)
"Among many items of useful criticism, he pointed out the following cogent parallel
for the use of abbreviated rupestral boundary inscriptions. ..."
6. A Monograph of the British Desmidiaceæ by William West, George Stephen West, Nellie Carter (1908)
"Roy and Bissett say it is a rupestral species, but we have found it mostly in
the boggy springs on the mountains of the west coasts. ..."
7. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1904)
"As with the mosses, the rupestral species are better represented than those which
grow on trees. The Scar-limestone yields a number of ..."
8. A Bibliography of Algeria, from the Expedition of Charles V. in 1541 to 1887 by Robert Lambert Playfair (1898)
"He proceeded south of Figuig, and discovered several rupestral inscriptions and
figures of animals. 7293. 1892. Boutroue, Alexandre.—L'Algérie à travers les ..."
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