arenophile
See also: arénophile
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]arenophile (plural arenophiles)
- One who collects sand samples as a hobby.
- (botany) A plant that thrives in or requires a sandy environment to grow.
- 1902, James Fraser Robinson, The Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire[1], page 161:
- 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.