Foliicolous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌfəʊliˈɪkələs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Foliicolous is an adjective meaning (biology) Growing or living on leaves.
Meaning
(biology) Growing or living on leaves.
Example Sentences
In the specimens I saw it required no exercise of the imagination to interpret the meaning of the spots, but any person accustomed to examine tropical foliicolous parasites would have been struck immediately with the resemblance.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lichens, folicolous, phyllogenous, foliophagous, foliaceous, foliolate.
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