Geophilous
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Geophilous is an adjective meaning Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
Meaning
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
More Meanings
- (botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
- (phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
- Fruiting underground.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include geophilic, geodephagous, geophyllous, epigeous, epigeal, pelophilous.
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