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EPILITHIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epilithic mean?
• EPILITHIC (adjective)
The adjective EPILITHIC has 1 sense:
1. growing on stone
Familiarity information: EPILITHIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Growing on stone
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
epilithic mosses
Pertainym:
stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
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