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Definition of Saxicolous
1. Adjective. Growing on or living among rocks.
Partainyms: Saxicolous Plant, Saxicolous Plant, Saxicolous Plant
Definition of Saxicolous
1. a. Growing on rocks.
Definition of Saxicolous
1. Adjective. Growing on, or living among, rocks. ¹
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Definition of Saxicolous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Saxicolous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Saxicolous
Literary usage of Saxicolous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Thus in the case of saxicolous lichens the mineralogical character of the rock has
... Some lichens, especially saxicolous ones, seem to be cosmopolitan (eg ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Thus in the case of saxicolous ... Some lichens, especially saxicolous ones, seem
to be cosmopolitan (eg Lecanora subfusca, ..."
3. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... a plant), plants which grow on stones, but derive their nourishment from the
atmosphere as saxicolous Lichens ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow by Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow (1879)
"Such are, generally speaking, in a satisfactory state of develop- ment, but not
so the rest, and especially the saxicolous lichens, a fair proportion of ..."
5. Manual of the Natural History, Geology, and Physics of Greenland, and the by Thomas Rupert Jones, Great Britain Admiralty (1875)
"... many at least of which are saxicolous. Though, as a general rule, ...
and foliaceous Lichens, there is an abundance of saxicolous forms, ..."
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