Cryophilous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Thriving at a low temperature. not-comparable

    "This warming is also implied by the decreasing percentage of cryophilous pollen taxa like Ericaceae and climbing trend of the δ 18 O curve in other paleoclimate records of the East Asia ^([sic]) (Fig 6), when the summer insolation is increasing."

Synonyms

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cryophiliccryophilicpsychrophilic

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"This warming is also implied by the decreasing percentage of cryophilous pollen taxa like Ericaceae and climbing trend of the δ 18 O curve in other paleoclimate records of the East Asia ^([sic]) (Fig 6), when the summer insolation is increasing."

Etymology

From cryo- + -philous.

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