Arenophile

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who collects sand samples as a hobby.
  2. 2
    A plant that thrives in or requires a sandy environment to grow.

    "It seems to be a characteristic arenophile. Not common in Holderness except on the morainic gravels, being the chief plant on Coneygarth Hill, near Brandesburton."

Synonyms

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psammophilepsammophile

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"It seems to be a characteristic arenophile. Not common in Holderness except on the morainic gravels, being the chief plant on Coneygarth Hill, near Brandesburton."

Etymology

From areno- + -phile.

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