Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Sand-loving: applied in zoology to members of the genus Ammophila, 2.
Examples
“There are also clearings covered by grassy savannas, dunes with ammophilous vegetation and salty soils with scrublands or halophilic steppe]] s.”
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Rare Words - A
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Logolepsy
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
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♡LOVE and things like it♡
dedicated to my man Steven, without whom i would be addicted to drugs, lying in a gutter, hating myself, or hooking somewhere :)
affectionate, amative, amatory, amiable, ammophilous, amorous, ardent, attached to, attracted to, beloved, bewitching, bitten and 404 more...
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jmjarmstrong's list
Words that I used to know.
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Shunning or Drawn
Words that describe 'shunning' or 'drawn to' behavior, mostly of plants and animals.
lucifugous, lucifugal, solifugous, heliophobous, chionophobous, heliophobic, ombrophobous, heliophilous, leucophilous, nidifugous, nidicolous, finifugal and 31 more...
Tweets
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jmjarmstrong JM has lost his ammophilous bucket and spade - must be buried somewhere. Oct 26, 2010
reesetee I wasn't aware of the ammonia-salt connection, seanahan. Interesting indeed! Feb 19, 2007
seanahan I never knew that the Greek root for sand was ammo. Interestingly, ammonia comes from the Latin for salt, which seems to be related. Feb 19, 2007
reesetee living or growing in sand Feb 19, 2007