- rupestrine
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/rooh pes"trin/, adj. Biol.living or growing on or among rocks.Also, rupicolous.[1885-90; < L rupes steep cliff, crag + -trine, extracted from LACUSTRINE]
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rupestrine — [ro͞o′pik′ə ləsro͞o pes′trin] adj. [< L rupes, rock (after LACUSTRINE) < base of rumpere, to break: see RUPTURE] Biol. growing on or living among rocks: also rupicolous [ro͞o′pik′ə ləs] … English World dictionary
rupestrine — ru·pes·trine … English syllables
rupestrine — rüˈpestrə̇n adjective Etymology: Latin rupes rock + English trine (as in palustrine) : rupicolous * * * /rooh pes trin/, adj. Biol. living or growing on or among rocks. Also, rupicolous. [1 … Useful english dictionary
rupestrine plant — noun plants growing among rocks • Syn: ↑rupestral plant, ↑rupicolous plant, ↑saxicolous plant • Hypernyms: ↑rock plant … Useful english dictionary
ru|pic|o|line — «roo PIHK uh lyn», adjective. = rupestrine. (Cf. ↑rupestrine) ╂[< Latin rūpes rock + colere inhabit + English ine1] … Useful english dictionary
ru|pic|o|lous — «roo PIHK uh luhs», adjective. = rupestrine. (Cf. ↑rupestrine) … Useful english dictionary
rupicolous — /rooh pik euh leuhs/, adj. rupestrine. [1855 60; < L rup(es) crag + I + COLOUS] * * * … Universalium
rupestrian — n. made of, or written on, rock. ♦ rupestral, a. ♦ rupestrine, a. living on or in rocks … Dictionary of difficult words
rupicoline — a. rupestrine … Dictionary of difficult words
rupicolous — a. rupestrine … Dictionary of difficult words
