Acidophilous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That thrives in an acidic environment not-comparable
"The Czech forests represent small extant fragments of herb-rich and acidophilous montane mixed old-growth forests with the tree composition and herb vegetation approaching the natural one, dominated mostly by beech with spruce admixtures."
Adjective
- 1 especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"The Czech forests represent small extant fragments of herb-rich and acidophilous montane mixed old-growth forests with the tree composition and herb vegetation approaching the natural one, dominated mostly by beech with spruce admixtures."
Etymology
From acido- + -philous.