Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Thriving among or inhabiting rocks.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as rupicoline.
Wiktionary
- adj. botany Growing on or among rocks.
- adj. zoology Dwelling among rocks.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. composed of or inscribed on rock
Etymologies
- Latin rūpēs, rock (from ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots) + -colous. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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