Acidophilous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acid lovingacidophilicaciduric

Example

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"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.

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