acidophilous

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | Date: 1998

acidophilous (acidophilic) Applied to ‘acid-loving’ organisms, i.e. organisms that grow best in acidic habitats.


© A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998.

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