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SAXICOLOUS PLANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does saxicolous plant mean?
• SAXICOLOUS PLANT (noun)
The noun SAXICOLOUS PLANT has 1 sense:
1. plants growing among rocks
Familiarity information: SAXICOLOUS PLANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plants growing among rocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
rupestral plant; rupestrine plant; rupicolous plant; saxicolous plant
Hypernyms ("saxicolous plant" is a kind of...):
rock plant (plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden)
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