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adj
Growing on, or living among, rocks or stones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: saxicole, saxicoline, saxigenous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
growing on or living among rocks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: saxatile, saxicoline
Antonyms: none provided
History
From New Latin, from Latin saxum (“a rock”) + Latin colere (“to dwell”) + -ous.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
