geophilous

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From geo- +‎ -philous.

Adjective

[edit]

geophilous (not comparable)

  1. Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
  2. (botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
  3. (phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
  4. Fruiting underground.

References

[edit]

“geophilous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=geophilous&oldid=81081195"